Consequence Quote by Anonymous

One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One does not want to be deceived, under the supposition that it is injurious, dangerous, or fatal to be deceived.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of deceiving others;…

— Elspeth Huxley

“philosophers have noted that people who habitually deceive finally fall for their own deceptions. This is the well-known phenomenon that confidence artists appeal to…

— Joseph Agassi

Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to…

— Joseph Butler

“To deceive oneself is worse than to deceive others." These harsh words pierced me to the core.”

— Shinichi Suzuki

Do not be deceived; happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways.

— Isaac Watts

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

— Mark Twain

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

— Mardy Grothe

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Do not deceive yourself; do not be run away with by gratitude and compassion.”

— Jane Austen

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

— Demosthenes