#deceive

The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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Look! Don't be deceived by appearances - men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea! ↗

— William Booth

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

— Mark Twain

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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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You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of conscience, both knaves and fools. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

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The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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The world loves to be deceived. ↗

— Sebastian Franck

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It may not be impossible, but that our Faculties may be so construed, as always to deceive us in the things we judge most certain and assured. ↗

— Joseph Glanvill

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Men wholly bent on wordly treasures were the dupes of their own passions, rather than deceived by the writings or pretenses of those who claimed to be Alchemists. ↗

— Ethan A. Hitchcock

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