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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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Who had deceived thee so often as thyself? ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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And if you remember the other part of the context is we were then all deceived about the French position and told the French had said they'd veto any second resolution - which wasn't true, we now know. ↗

— Clare Short

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Courage is more important than to be deceived by shallow victory waiting for a delayed defeat. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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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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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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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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Some people in your life Touch you so very deeply That you drown totally in that depth. ↗

— Amit Abraham

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But then Iraq happened after September 2001 and America claimed that Al Qaeda was there, and we all know that was a lie and we now know that our own Prime Minister deceived the country terribly. ↗

— Clare Short

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