The sinister, the terrible never deceive: the state in which they leave us is always one of enlightenment. And only this condition… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
Christian hope is not a ghost and it does not deceive. It is a theological virtue and therefore, ultimately, a gift from… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
That's what happens when you keep a secret from someone you love: you start to hate them for allowing you to prove… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
Feelings come, and feelings go, and feelings are deceiving. My warrant is the Word of God, naught else is worth believing. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
You make the choice. You look at each scene and you make sure that this is not a person deceiving people. — Gary Cole Copy Share Image
To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of… — Elspeth Huxley Copy Share Image
Moving along the upward spiral requires us to learn, commit, and do on increasingly higher planes. We deceive ourselves if we think… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do not believe it is in our nature to love impartially. We deceive ourselves when we think we can love two… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A man can deceive his fiancee or his mistress as much as he likes and, in the eyes of a woman he… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
He felt all the torment of his and her position, all the difficulties they were surrounded by in consequence of their station… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Like the moon shining bright Up high with all its grace, I can only show you at night And hide half of… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
One can tell a child everything, anything. I have often been struck by the fact that parents know their children so little.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I hate all explanations; they who make them deceive either themselves or the other party,-generally both. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There is nothing which deceives us as much as our own judgement. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
We are all created to be miserable, and that we all know it, and all invent means of deceiving each other. And… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Love is the answer At least for most of the questions in my heart Why are we here and where do we… — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
Cheats easily believe others as bad as themselves; there is no deceiving them, nor do they long deceive. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The pretended desires of many to behold the glory of Christ in heaven, who have no view of it by faith while… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Do not worry! Earthly goods deceive the human heart into believing that they give it security and freedom from worry. But in… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If we judge our lives by what we know or by what we say, we can easily deceive ourselves into thinking that… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
“Seek truth! Seek truth in the darkness, under the oceans, above the clouds; seek it everywhere and every time! Stop deceiving yourself… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard himself as… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Unless the gods deceive my mind , That man is forging fetters for himself. — Theognis of Megara Copy Share Image
