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title: "8 Deceive Oneself Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Deceive Oneself quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Deceive Oneself sayings and thoughts."
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> [Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demosthenes/nothing-is-so-easy-as-to-deceive-oneself-for-what-we-wish-we-readily/)

[Demosthenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/demosthenes/)

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> [It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anatole-france/it-is-in-the-ability-to-deceive-oneself-that-the-greatest-talent-is/)

[Anatole France](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anatole-france/)

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> [“To deceive oneself is worse than to deceive others." These harsh words pierced me to the core.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shinichi-suzuki/to-deceive-oneself-is-worse-than-to-deceive-others-these-harsh-words/)

[Shinichi Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shinichi-suzuki/)

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> [“The worry simply means: you are clinging with something which is no more and you are avoiding that which is. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osho/the-worry-simply-means-you-are-clinging-with-something-which-is-no/)

[Osho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osho/)

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> [One does not deceive oneself about the consequences of one's acts; one deceives oneself about the ease with which one can live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/one-does-not-deceive-oneself-about-the-consequences-of-one-s-acts-one/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bridget-riley/as-a-painter-today-you-have-to-work-without-that-essential-platform/)

[Bridget Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bridget-riley/)

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> [“the easiest thing of all is to deceive oneself, for what a man wishes, he generally believes to be true!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-jerome-dickey/the-easiest-thing-of-all-is-to-deceive-oneself-for-what-a-man-wishes/)

[Eric Jerome Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-jerome-dickey/)

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> [“Desire by itself is not wrong. It is life itself, the urge to grow in knowledge and experience. It is the choices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-walsh/desire-by-itself-is-not-wrong-it-is-life-itself-the-urge-to-grow-in/)

[Roger Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-walsh/)

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