Deceive Quotes

366 quotes by 278 authors

Let no man deceive you with vain words or vain hopes or false notions of a slight and sudden repentance. As if heaven were a… — John Tillotson
It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that does but suspect I will… — Seneca the Younger
As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this lack of certainty,… — Bridget Riley
Self-deception helps us deceive. — David Livingstone
Godâ€™s Word is absolutely true. You may not understand how God is going to bring about what Heâ€™s promised you, but He is keeping every… — Charles Stanley
In matters of religion, it is very easy to deceive a man and very hard to undeceive him. — Pierre Bayle
Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses. — Confucius
Those who try to achieve success without hard work ultimately deceive themselves-or worse-deceive others. — Tim Cook
It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ. — J C Ryle
Let us be real, honest, and sincere in our Christianity. We cannot deceive an all-seeing God. — J C Ryle
We can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spirituality when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques. — Chogyam Trungpa
If you don't find true balance, anyone can deceive you. — Rumi
A Christian man is on his guard with respect to those who philosophize according to the elements of this world, not according to God, by… — Saint Augustine
When you say 'Yes' or promise something, you can very easily deceive yourself and others also, as if you had already done what you promised.… — Soren Kierkegaard
Let's not be naive, we're not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not… — Pope Francis
Nature does not deceive or conceal, but reveals. — Carl Jung
We find the light only after total defeat of our attempts to deceive and outwit it. — Vernon Howard
Most of us are aware of and pretend to detest the barefaced instances of that hypocrisy by which men deceive others, but few of us… — Laurence Sterne
Hearts can deceive. Words can deceive. But eyes we should trust. — Cesare Borgia
O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly? — Izaak Walton

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