The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to…

You have been deceived by your own cold heart - a curse upon your house and all within it.

— Beauty And The Beast

In any event, it is one thing to assert, then or now, that the Iraq war was ill-advised. It is quite another to make…

— Laurence Silberman

If we could imagine such a man, that is a man who could invent the fly and send him out on his mission and…

— Mark Twain

Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived.

— Martin Buber

When self-interest inclines a man to print, he should consider that the purchaser expects a pennyworth for his penny, and has reason to asperse…

— William Shenstone

So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.

— Anonymous

Self-deceit is a sure defeat.

— Tasneem Hameed

We have been deceived into believing prayer is all about persuading God to release His power. We no longer need to beg or plead;…

— Andrew Wommack

It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Excessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.

— Luc de Clapiers

“To recklessly excuse a failure is to believe that I’ve effectively erased it from the story of my life, when I’ve actually imprinted it…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

In the long run it makes little difference how cleverly others are deceived; if we are not doing what we are best equipped to…

— Dorothea Brande

The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.

— Seneca the Younger

“The marquis de Carabas was not a good man, and he knew himself well enough to be perfectly certain that he was not a…

— Neil Gaiman

It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.

— Publilius Syrus