Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. Votes: 2
Eric HofferIt is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them. Votes: 2
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLet us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction. Votes: 2
Bernard BaruchWhen a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. Votes: 2
Mark TwainI apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort. Votes: 2
Spiro T. AgnewWe often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldUnlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older. Votes: 0
Jeanette WintersonA resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldMen who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonWe may employ artifice to deceive a rival, anything against our enemies. Votes: 0
Cardinal RichelieuYou can deceive yourself with truth too. That's an even more dangerous dream. Votes: 0
Erich Maria RemarqueThe entertainment industry is encouraging young people to defy and deceive their parents. Votes: 0
Mike DeWineUnless the gods deceive my mind , That man is forging fetters for himself. Votes: 0
Theognis of MegaraIt is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive. Votes: 0
Christina, Queen of SwedenLove is beautiful, A beautiful deception. One falls in it To deceive the other Votes: 0
Amit AbrahamIt's not right to hurt or deceive someone who's already been hurt and deceived. Votes: 0
John IrvingIt is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldMy object is to mystify and entertain. I wouldn't deceive you for the world. Votes: 0
Howard ThurstonNothing is more easy than to deceive one's self, as our affections are subtle persuaders. Votes: 0
DemosthenesThose who deceive others, deceive themselves, as they will find at last, to their cost. Votes: 0
Matthew HenryIf he's honest, he'll steal; if he's human, he'll murder; if he's faithful, he'll deceive. Votes: 0
Fyodor DostoevskyPhotographs deceive time, freezing it on a piece of cardboard where the soul is silent. Votes: 0
Isabel AllendeI did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself. Votes: 0
Agatha ChristieWhatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you. Votes: 0
Dejan StojanovicIt is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe universities deceive when they say they have no agenda other than to open minds. Votes: 0
Dennis PragerMagic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you and he does. Votes: 0
Karl GermainCunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself. Votes: 0
Baltasar GracianOur hopes, often though they deceive us, lead us pleasantly along the path of life. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere is nothing in which men more deceive themselves than in what they call zeal. Votes: 0
Joseph AddisonDo not deceive yourself, Gawain. There are black places in the heart of every man. Votes: 0
Suzannah RowntreeConjuring is the only absolutely honest profession - the conjuror promises to deceive, and does. Votes: 0
Karl GermainCunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itselft. Votes: 0
Baltasar GracianNothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe. Votes: 0
DemosthenesWe deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more. Votes: 0
Sophie SwetchineWinged time glides on insensibly, and deceive us; and there is nothing more fleeting than years. Votes: 0
OvidLet us be real, honest, and sincere in our Christianity. We cannot deceive an all-seeing God. Votes: 0
J. C. RyleThey want to deceive their people first because now they are in a very shabby situation Votes: 0
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf[W]e avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool, and the victory is worth the trouble[. Votes: 0
Giacomo CasanovaWe find the light only after total defeat of our attempts to deceive and outwit it. Votes: 0
Vernon HowardWe deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves. Votes: 0
Arthur SchopenhauerWe never deceive people to benefit them, for knavery is a compound of wickedness and falsehood. Votes: 0
Jean de la BruyereIt is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ. Votes: 0
J. C. RyleWhen we successfully deceive others, they are not aware of it; the same is true with self-deception. Votes: 0
Mardy GrotheApparently Iran thinks that it can continue to deceive the world in order to reach its goals. Votes: 0
Moshe KatsavTo beguile is to deceive or lead astray, as Lucifer beguiled Eve in the Garden of Eden. Votes: 0
Joseph B. WirthlinThose who seek peace above all else, they say, will always deceive to keep the water calm. Votes: 0
Veronica RothFaked enthusiasm is worse than bad acting - it is bad acting with the intent to deceive. Votes: 0
Bo BennettIn a movie we try to deceive. In theaters, as they say, the deceived are the wisest. Votes: 0
Casey AffleckWomen want you to deceive them: they force you to, and if you resist, they blame you. Votes: 0
Gustave FlaubertDo not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn. Votes: 0
HesiodIn matters of religion, it is very easy to deceive a man and very hard to undeceive him. Votes: 0
Pierre BayleHow often we sin, how much we deceive, and all for what?... All will end in death, all! Votes: 0
Leo TolstoyMusic is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses. Votes: 0
ConfuciusIt is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power. Votes: 0
Blaise Pascal