We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of conscience, both knaves and fools.
To hear is to doubt, to see is to be deceived, but to feel is to believe.
There is none deceived but he that trusts.
Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived.
Mundus vult decipi'—the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards beyond the reach of most people whose existence is largely shaped by compromise, evasion and mutual accommodation. Could they face their weakness, their vanity and selfishness, without a mask?
It is not being deceived, but undeceived, that renders us miserable.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.
Everyone is deceived in his hopes, cheated in his expectations.
All life's battles teach us something, even those we lose. When you grow up, you'll discover that you have defended lies, deceived yourself, or suffered foolishness. If you're a good warrior you will not blame yourself for this, but neither will you allow your mistakes to repeat themselves.
Things are not what they seem.
Like an audience entertained by a magician, we allow ourselves to be deceived by those with a stake in persuading us to ignore reality.
Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived.
When self-interest inclines a man to print, he should consider that the purchaser expects a pennyworth for his penny, and has reason to asperse his honesty if he finds himself deceived.
One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.
Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.
If we take an examination of what is understood by happiness. . . we shall find all its properties. . . under this short definition, that it is a perpetual possession of being well deceived.
The one who knows himself isn't deceived by either praise or criticism.
I am affected, not because you have deceived me, but because I can no longer believe in you.
It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion.