Deceit Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image “Οur own distrust somewhat justifies the deceit of others.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Deceit Distrust Justify
Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Persistent distrust is the flame of deceit. Be as good as your word or be singed by the heat. — Wes Fesler Copy Share Image
A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of others as of ourselves; neither vanity not conceit can exist in the… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Distrust is like a vicious fire that keeps going and going, even put out, it will reignite itself, devouring the good with the bad,… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
“Self distrust is good, but only if it leads to trust in God. Otherwise it ends as spiritual paralysis, inability and unwillingness to undertake… — Alan Cole Copy Share Image
The one person to distrust is the one who never makes a mistake. Either he is a phony, or he stays with the safe,… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Where there are kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed), there is worldly life. As long as anger-pride-deceit-greed exist; one is a sansaari [living a worldly life] regardless of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock of your… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“The fact that I can get away with something is the very reason why I shouldn’t do it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't let him, trick you into thinking he will always be there for you, because the minute a more prettier women walks into the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A false mind is false in everything, just as a cross eye always looks askant. But one may err once, nay, a hundred times,… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is… — Guru Nanak Copy Share Image
“You can be bit in the leg by a rattlesnake and seek help to heal your wound, or you can run after it and… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
While the prosecution has said this is about the defendants lies, one worries that those lies already have been buried under too much discussion… — David Berg Copy Share Image
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
“They have secret weapons that break the heart of innocents, elevate stress levels, shoot down to make it look guilt. They can burn from… — Maria Karvouni Copy Share Image