"In matters of religion, it is very easy……" — Pierre Bayle
"In matters of religion, it is very easy to deceive a man and very hard to undeceive him."
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12 Quotes by Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle has 12 quotes on this site.
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It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.
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The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.
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If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his…
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Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.
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I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul,…
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It is pure illusion to think that an opinion which passes down from century to century, from generation to generation,…
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There is not less wit nor invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being…
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I mention this only to shew that the citations of the most judicious authors frequently deceive us, and consequently that…
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Philosophy can be compared to some powders that are so corrosive that, after they have eaten away the infected flesh…
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I know too much to be a sceptic and too little to be a dogmatist.
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There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in…
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More Deceive Quotes
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one of 366 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
— Bernard Baruch
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In a movie we try to deceive. In theaters, as they say, the deceived are the wisest.
— Casey Affleck
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Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived.
— Sissela Bok
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While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.
— Sissela Bok
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I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.
— Spiro T. Agnew
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.
— Albert Camus
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The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be…
— Thomas Adams
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The new naval treaty permits the United States to spend a billion dollars on warships-a sum greater than has been…
— Abraham Flexner
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Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your…
— Cesare Pavese
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When settling disputes between his subjects, he should ensure that his judgement is irrevocable; and he should be so regarded…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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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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