Deceiving Quote by Samuel Johnson

Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.

— Anthony Trollope

Those who try to achieve success without hard work ultimately deceive themselves-or worse-deceive others.

— Tim Cook

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

— Mark Twain

It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit.

— Victor Hugo

Men are inconsolable concerning the treachery of their friends or the deceptions of their enemies; and yet they are often very highly satisfied to…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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

— Benjamin Franklin

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“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

One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

— Mardy Grothe

Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful

— William Arthur Ward