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Deceiving Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others.
- The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are.
- The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.
- We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others.
- We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others.
- It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.
- It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another.
- Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
- Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
- We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
- 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…
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