Quotes by Hampton, Christopher

I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival >>

I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they kn >>

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the h >>

Quotations about Deception

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment. >>

Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers. >>

To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified. >>

I became a virtuoso of deceit. It wasn't pleasure I was after, it was knowledge. I consulted the strictest moralists to learn how to appear, philosophers to find out what to think and novelists to see what I could get away with. And, in the end, I distilled everything down to one wonderfully simple principle: win or die.

Hampton, Christopher