#deceive

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

— Bodhidharma

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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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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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