Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well…

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

— Jonathan Swift

For, if we take an examination of what is generally understood by happiness, as it has respect either to the understanding or the senses,…

— Jonathan Swift

If we take an examination of what is understood by happiness ... we shall find all its properties ... under this short definition, that…

— Jonathan Swift

“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

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.

— 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

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

Self-deceit is a sure defeat.

— Tasneem Hameed

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

— Anonymous

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

Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived.

— Martin Buber

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

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

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

— Beauty And The Beast