Deceit and blood were his greatest, if not his only, delights.

To win that prizeand, possibly, even more than thatwas worth some further effort: and deceit was no great effort to Coubitant.

Deceit is everywhere, hypocrisy, Murder, and poisoning, treason, perjury: The single holy spot is our love, The only unprofaned in human nature. OCTAVIO.

And if it be true, as many of these have claimed, that deceit and falsehood are a duty, on the part of a God-loving teacher, toward those persons who, through weakness, or mental incapacity, or moral obliquity, are in the relation to him of wards of love, or of subjects of guardianship, there is no profession in which there is more of a call for godly deception, and for holy falsehood, than the Christian ministry.

And yet you will surely find in the long run, that 'honesty is the best policy.' Deceit is always a losing game.

Thou art deceiv'd, my Sonne, but this deceit Is worth commendations; thanke my Dutchesse, Her discretion reedified thy life,

DECEPTION, DECEIT.Deception is "the act of deceiving"; deceit is "deceitfulness," a trait of character; or a "trick," an "artifice.

Deceit in itself was one form of treachery.

The standard of truth and honesty is that of all races which have been ground under heel for ages: deceit is the weapon of weaklings and slaves.

The deceit itself was not a crime, it seemed.