Anarchy Quote by Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

Self-deception helps us deceive.

— David Livingstone

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Mardy Grothe

Our eyes are capable of deceiving us. We are even willing sometimes to let ourselves be deceived.

— Frenchqueen

“People need to remember that a man who is deceptive deceives by hiding that he is deceptive. He is not going to openly validate…

— Suzy Kassem

People who are deceptive themselves have a really good ear for deception. They know when somebody's telling the truth or not, and so one…

— Ron Livingston

It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

In itself, the practice of deception is not particularly exacting; it is a matter of experience, of professional expertise, it is a facility most…

— John le Carre

When we consider reality itself we quickly become aware of its infinite complexity, and we realize that our habitual perception of it is often…

— Dalai Lama

“philosophers have noted that people who habitually deceive finally fall for their own deceptions. This is the well-known phenomenon that confidence artists appeal to…

— Joseph Agassi

If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously,…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little…

— William Hazlitt