Noun
The act of deceiving or misleading.
The state of being deceived or misled.
That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWarfare is the way of deception. Sun Tzu
The art of pleasing is the art of deception. Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues
People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics, and they always will be until they have learnt to seek out the interests of some class or other behind all moral, religious, political and social phrases, declarations and promises. Vladimir Lenin
To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity. Soren Kierkegaard
There is rarely gain without deception. Sicilian Proverb
That which is agreed upon is not deception. Sicilian Proverb