Deceived Quote by Eric Hoffer

It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

— Mark Twain

The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When we successfully deceive others, they are not aware of it; the same is true with self-deception.

— Mardy Grothe

Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.

— Demosthenes

Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves.

— Samuel Johnson

Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

The most effectual way to be deceived is to believe oneself more cunning than one's neighbors.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Despite the best of intentions, people create rules variously and often in reaction to behaviors deemed unacceptable to the larger goals of the group.…

— Dov Seidman

We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Even good people are obliged to deceive.

— Greg LeMond