"The senses do not deceive us, but the…" — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction. — Bernard Baruch
• 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
• We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage. — Albert Camus
• The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be… — Thomas Adams
• The new naval treaty permits the United States to spend a billion dollars on warships-a sum greater than has been… — Abraham Flexner
• Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your… — Cesare Pavese
• When settling disputes between his subjects, he should ensure that his judgement is irrevocable; and he should be so regarded… — Niccolo Machiavelli
• It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard… — Niccolo Machiavelli
• You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just… — Saint Francis de Sales

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