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As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this lack of certainty, other things may come into play. ↗

— Bridget Riley

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And whenever any one informs us that he has found a man who knows all the arts, and all things else that anybody knows, and every single thing with a higher degree of accuracy than any other man –whoever tells us this, I think that we can only imagine him to be a simple creature who is likely to have been deceived by some wizard or actor whom he met, and whom he thought all-knowing, because he himself was unable to analyze the nature of knowledge and ignorance and imitation. ↗

— Plato

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The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

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Once again our cricketers have flattered to deceive in Australia. ↗

— Ted Dexter

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