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Deceiving Quotes by Blaise Pascal
- The two principles of truth, reason and senses, are not only both not genuine, but are engaged in mutual deception. The senses deceive reason through…
- When we see an effect happen always in the same manner, we infer that it takes place by a natural necessity; as, for instance, that…
- Amusement that is excessive and followed only for its own sake, allures and deceives us.
- Amusement allures and deceives us and leads us down imperceptibly in thoughtlessness to the grave
- It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power.
More Deceiving Quotes
- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — Hannah Arendt
- While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive. — Sissela Bok
- I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort. — Spiro T. Agnew
- Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people… — Hugo Black
- The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and… — Joseph Butler
- Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it… — Elias Canetti
- The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold… — Thomas Adams
- The new naval treaty permits the United States to spend a billion dollars on warships-a sum greater than has been accumulated by… — Abraham Flexner