Nature Quote by Mak_786

We learn to deceive ourselves while we are trying to deceive others.

— Sidney Jourard

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

— Mark Twain

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

— Mardy Grothe

It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

People learn from who we are, rather than what we say, and to believe otherwise is a disease of the mind.

— Carl Jung

It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.

— Benjamin Franklin

The instinct for self-deception in human beings makes them try to banish from their minds dangers of which at bottom they are perfectly aware…

— Stefan Zweig

It is desire that impels man to lose his discrimination and understanding, and thus commit wrong actions.

— Senora Roy

For behavior, men learn it, as they take diseases, one of another.

— Francis Bacon

It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves.

— Samuel Johnson