Deceives Quotes

63 Deceives quotes by 52 unique authors

A cunning woman is her own mistress because she confides in no one. She who deceives others anticipates deceit, and guards herself. — Ninon de L'Enclos
The wind is awake, pretty leave, pretty leaves, Heed not what he says, he deceives, he deceives; Over and over To the lowly clover He… — John Vance Cheney
There is nothing that deceives us more than our own judgment when used to give an opinion on our own works. It is sound in… — Leonardo da Vinci
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue. — Juvenal
Amusement allures and deceives us and leads us down imperceptibly in thoughtlessness to the grave — Blaise Pascal
If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me. — Edgar Allan Poe
The Primrose for a veil had spread The largest of her upright leaves; And thus for purposes benign, A simple flower deceives. — William Wordsworth
All the worth of some people lies in their name; upon a closer inspection it dwindles to nothing, but from a distance it deceives us. — Jean de la Bruyere
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
A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could. — William Hazlitt
Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of… — Franz Kafka
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Be courageous when the mind deceives you Be courageous In the final account only this is important — Zbigniew Herbert
It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does. And men take care that… — Jane Austen
We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us. — Rabindranath Tagore
Memory weaves and traps us at the same time according to a scheme in which we do not participate: we should never speak of our… — Julio Cortazar
So no, I’m not too big on religion...and not very fond of politics or economics either...And why should I be? They are the man-created trinity… — William P. Young
We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured. We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded and… — Jane Austen
He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The days have taught you not to trust happiness because it hurts when it deceives. — Mahmoud Darwish
It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. — Jane Austen
If you work with love and intelligence, you develop a kind of armour against people's opinions, just because of the sincerity of your love for… — Vincent Van Gogh
Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men. — Victor Hugo

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