Deceive Quotes

366 quotes by 264 authors

Nothing is more easy than to deceive one's self, as our affections are subtle persuaders. — Demosthenes
Happy the man, of mortals happiest he, Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free; Whom neither hopes deceive, nor fears torment, But lives at… — George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
We're starting to realize that magicians have a lot of implicit know-ledge about how we perceive the world around us because they have to deceive… — Richard Wiseman
A man can deceive a woman by his sham attachment to her provided he does not have a real attachment elsewhere. — Jean de la Bruyere
O woman, born first to believe us; Yea, also born first to forget; Born first to betray and deceive us, Yet first to repent and… — Joaquin Miller
By fate, not option, frugal Nature gave One scent to hyson and to wall-flower, One sound to pine-groves and to water-falls, One aspect to the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We never deceive people to benefit them, for knavery is a compound of wickedness and falsehood. — Jean de la Bruyere
It is best, if possible, to deceive no one; for he that ... begins by deceiving others, will end ... by deceiving himself. — Charles Caleb Colton
They say that it is the practiced liar who can deceive. But so often the practiced and chronic liar deceives only himself; it is the… — William Faulkner
It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you're probably going to invest in somebody who's going to deceive you.… — Maggie Gyllenhaal
Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will. — Oliver Cromwell
The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. — Rene Descartes
There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better… — William Hazlitt
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer. — George Herbert
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. — Eric Hoffer
In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you. — Janet Jackson
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. — Niccolo Machiavelli

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