That attitude certainly made sense to me even though I have been on the giving and receiving end of such deception. (omgchronicles.vickilarson.com)
For those who don't possess an innate talent for such deception, a recent study in the journal Administrative Science Quarterly sheds light on how to flatter effectively. (canadianbusiness.com)
Thus we can distinguish a level 7 of deception, in which I refrain from deceiving you because I empathize with how you will feel if I do deceive you, having experienced such deception myself. (religion-online.org)