Deceived Quotes

314 quotes by 240 authors

It was not despair, but it seemed to her as if life were passing by, leaving its promises broken and unfulfilled. Yet there were other… — Kate Chopin
Donâ€™t mourn your luck thatâ€™s failing now, work gone wrong, your plans all proving deceptive â€” donâ€™t mourn them uselessly. As one long prepared, and… — Constantine Peter Cavafy
Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived. — Martin Buber
Heaven walks among us ordinarily muffled in such triple or tenfold disguises that the wisest are deceived and no one suspects the days to be… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive… — William Hazlitt
Our power knows no limits, yet we cannot find food for a starving child, or a home for a refugee. Our knowledge is without measure… — John le Carre
Look to her, Moor, if thou has eyes to see. She has deceived her father, and may thee. — William Shakespeare
The word 'however' is like an imp coiled beneath your chair. It induces ink to form words you have not yet seen, and lines to… — Hilary Mantel
Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust. — Aristotle
Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived. — Jonathan Swift
As naturally as the ruled always took the morality imposed upon them more seriously than did the rulers themselves, the deceived masses are today captivated… — Theodor Adorno
Courage is more important than to be deceived by shallow victory waiting for a delayed defeat. — Dejan Stojanovic
It's not right to hurt or deceive someone who's already been hurt and deceived. — John Irving
Waiting is an art that our impatient age has forgotten. It wants to break open the ripe fruit when it has hardly finished planting the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I've also learned that you don't always get to pick the people with whom you travel the journey. You sometimes may think you do, but… — Surya Das
Even when we're with someone we love, we're foolish enough to think of her body and soul as being separate. To stand before the person… — Yukio Mishima
I've been trying to fit everything in, trying to get to the end before it's too late, but I see now how badly I've deceived… — Paul Auster
Mundus vult decipi'â€”the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards beyond the reach of most people whose existence is largely shaped… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
All life's battles teach us something, even those we lose. When you grow up, you'll discover that you have defended lies, deceived yourself, or suffered… — Paulo Coelho
We are deceived by promises and time disappoints us... — Leonardo da Vinci

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