#deceive

I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone. ↗

— Camille Claudel

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Who had deceived thee so often as thyself? ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen. ↗

— Maimonides

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Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

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Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived? ↗

— Joseph Butler

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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage. ↗

— Albert Camus

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Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will. ↗

— Oliver Cromwell

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It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved. ↗

— Voltaire

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