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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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Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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Nor can the Apostle mean that Eve only sinned; or that she only was Deceived, for if Adam sinned willfully and knowingly, he became the greater Transgressor. ↗

— Mary Astell

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Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy. ↗

— Abu Bakr

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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. ↗