Better off Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is far better to be deceived than undeceived by those whom we tenderly love.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We are better deceived by having some truth told us than none.

— Charlotte Lennox

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Our distrust justifies the deceit of others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To awaken a man who is deceived as to his own merit is to do him as bad a turn as that done to…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We are deceived if we think that mind and judgment are two different matters: judgment is but the extent of the light of the…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Tis more dishonourable to distrust a friend than to be deceived by him.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld