"The intention of never deceiving often exposes us……" — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception."
More Deceiving Quotes
- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that… — Hannah Arendt
- Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction. — Bernard Baruch
- Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving… — Hugo Black
- Appearances are often deceiving. — Aesop
- In a movie we try to deceive. In theaters, as they say, the deceived are the wisest. — Casey Affleck
- Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived. — Sissela Bok
- While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive. — Sissela Bok
- I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort. — Spiro T. Agnew
- I wouldn't know how to fool a man any more. My deceiving days seem so long ago. — Julie Burchill
- The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in… — Joseph Butler
- We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage. — Albert Camus
- Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly… — Elias Canetti