Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Those who deceive others, deceive themselves, as they will find at last, to their cost. — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
Faked enthusiasm is worse than bad acting - it is bad acting with the intent to deceive — Bo Bennett Copy Share Image
“It is one thing to deceive a king, and quite another to hide from the cricket in the rushes and the little… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“When people say they do not care what others thing of them, for the most part they deceive themselves” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The woman who is about to deceive her husband always carefully thinks out how she is going to act, but she is… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“My protective coloration isn't intended to deceive you, my sweet. It is intended to deceive me.” — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
We have great power to see the truth when the truth is all we wish to see; but what is easier than… — James Vila Blake Copy Share Image
“She knows she's deceiving herself about that, but she prefers to deceive herself. She desperately needs to believe such pure joy is… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Do not mistake me. I am not yet weak enough to yield to fearful imaginings, which are almost as absurd as illusions… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
“Once we comprehend the evolutionary function of deception, we stand better equipped to understand why it happens, when it is likely to… — Ptera Hunter Copy Share Image
“The easiest person in the world to deceive is yourself. Think about it: You can so easily tell yourself you are smarter,… — Van Moody Copy Share Image
“I won't lie—I don't care. And you should quit trying to deceive yourself because I can tell by the way you show… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
It is far more probable that our senses should deceive us, than that an old woman should be carried up a chimney… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
As alleged, David Hu directed a multimillion-dollar, years-long scheme to defraud investors. Putting profit ahead of his fiduciary duties, Hu allegedly mismarked… — Audrey Strauss Copy Share Image
“Obi-Wan Kenobi once said ‘your eyes can deceive you, don’t trust them.’ It seems to be getting harder. Distinguishing reality from the… — Huey Freeman Copy Share Image
There are no absolutes in this world, and there will always be mistakes that are made within brokerage firms; there will always… — Mary Schapiro Copy Share Image
“I have tried to mislead you. I am not humble at all. I have no humility and I do not fear you… — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
“He will choose you, disarm you with his words, and control you with his presence. He will delight you with his wit… — Robert D. Hare Copy Share Image
“I talk a lot about the value of lust in my book. No, don't freak out! The concept is simply about helping… — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
“Take heed that if you deceive, lie, intrigue, cheat, you thereby demean yourself. belittle yourself, confess your own weakness beforehand, play the… — Pyotr Kropotkin Copy Share Image
As children's inquiries are not to be slighted, so also great care is to be taken, that they never receive deceitful and… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“Do you even know,” she said, and I could tell from the sound of her voice that she was about to cry,… — Ann Leckie Copy Share Image
“Oh, we all are, my young friend! We all deceive. Some of us deceive the whole world, every single fellow creature we… — Leigh Nichols Copy Share Image
“Most people willingly deceive themselves with a doubly false faith; they believe in eternal memory (of men, things, deeds, peoples) and in… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
