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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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But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

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Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us. ↗

— Vincent Voiture

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I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

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Love is beautiful, A beautiful deception. One falls in it To deceive the other ↗

— Amit Abraham

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An organized effort is making to deceive the people. There are two great enemies of thought and progress, the aristocracy of royalty and the aristocracy of gold. ↗

— Mary Elizabeth Lease

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Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

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

— Ted Dexter

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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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