Quote by Demosthenes

“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.”

— Demosthenes

“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what every man wishes, that he also believes to be true.”

— Demosthenes

“the easiest thing of all is to deceive oneself, for what a man wishes, he generally believes to be true!”

— Eric Jerome Dickey

“I thought that lying to yourself is a simply impossible thing but you wouldn’t believe how easy it is when every part of your…

— Danka V

“It is my belief that he truth is generally preferable to lies...”

— J.K. Rowling

“To believe all men honest is folly. To believe none is something worse.”

— John Adams

“I just have trouble understanding how truth, all by itself, could be enough for a person.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.”

— John Quincy Adams

“Sometime we believe things not because we know they are true, but because the lies are easier to accept.”

— Vi Keeland

“I sometimes believe his lies are the truth, but I have never mistaken his truth for a lie. If he needs me to believe…

— Megan Whalen Turner

“The truth can deceive as well as a lie.”

— Marie Rutkoski

“Tell yourself the truth, at least. If you don't then every single person you know is lying to you.”

— Neil Dover