Believe Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Mardy Grothe

“The easiest person in the world to deceive is yourself. Think about it: You can so easily tell yourself you are smarter, more attractive,…

— Van Moody

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

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

— Demosthenes

To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of deceiving others;…

— Elspeth Huxley

The easiest person to deceive is one's self.

— Anonymous

One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One does not deceive oneself about the consequences of one's acts; one deceives oneself about the ease with which one can live with those…

— Anonymous