Deceive Quotes

And yet, unless my senses deceive me, the old centuries had, and have, powers of their own which mere ‘modernity’ cannot kill.

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.

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

What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

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

To say that private men have nothing to do with government is to say that private men have nothing to do with their own happiness or misery; that people ought not to concern themselves whether they be naked or clothed, fed or starved, deceived or instructed, protected or destroyed.

You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.

There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience.

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