Common Quote by Anonymous

There are many who have grave scruples about deceiving but think it as nothing to deceive themselves.

— Eric Hoffer

Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.

— Demosthenes

We are oftener deceived by being told some truth than no truth.

— Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The world loves to be deceived.

— Sebastian Franck

The world wills itself to be deceived, so let it be deceived.

— Petronius

When we successfully deceive others, they are not aware of it; the same is true with self-deception.

— Mardy Grothe

It many times falls out that we deem ourselves much deceived in others because we first deceived ourselves.

— Philip Sidney

The most effectual way to be deceived is to believe oneself more cunning than one's neighbors.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“The most common sort of lie is that by which a man deceives himself: the deception of others is a relatively rare offense.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche