Deceive Quotes

366 quotes by 278 authors

The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Honesty is a principle, and we have our moral agency to determine how we will apply this principle. We have the agency to make choices,… — James E. Faust
A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not… — George Bernard Shaw
We deceive ourselves when giving respect to the person for whom we have surrendered ourselves, when we respectively expect them to be as we would… — Friedrich Nietzsche
All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are speedily punished-by fear...be honest with a man and you have no fear. Try to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Moving along the upward spiral requires us to learn, commit, and do on increasingly higher planes. We deceive ourselves if we think that any one… — Stephen Covey
There is nothing more necessary than truth, and in comparison with it everything else has only secondary value. This absolute will to truth: what is… — Friedrich Nietzsche
If we have no inner peace, we deceive ourselves into thinking that comfort and prosperity will bring happiness. — Dalai Lama
I [i.e., God] have given you baptism as a gift for the forgiveness of sins, and preach to you unceasingly by word of mouth concerning… — Martin Luther
The Bully has a Jekyll and Hyde nature - is vile, vicious and vindictive in private, but innocent and charming in front of witnesses; no-one… — Tim Field
They want to deceive their people first because now they are in a very shabby situation — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something… — H. L. Mencken
We must trust to nothing but facts: These are presented to us by Nature, and cannot deceive. We ought, in every instance, to submit our… — Antoine Lavoisier
Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived. — Johann Gottfried Seume
[Science] dissipates errors born of ignorance about our true relations with nature, errors the more damaging in that the social order should rest only on… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
Because there is no man who can be true and just judge of himself, so much will self-love deceive him. — Dante Alighieri
Nothing is more apt to deceive us than our own judgment of our work. We derive more benefit from having our faults pointed out by… — Leonardo da Vinci
James says that you deceive yourself if you only hear the Word but do not do it. How many people live in this deception their… — Johan Oscar Smith
Never deceive a friend. — Hipparchus
Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work out salvation. . . . Let… — Bernard Baruch

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