“We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves”
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“We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves”
“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time”
“If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the soup a French taste”
“Lawyer: One skilled in circumvention of the law”
“Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves”
“The income tax has made more liars out of more Americans than golf has.”
“When one is in love one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others. This is what the world calls a romance”
“Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception”
“To err is human; to forgive, divine ”
“Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers”
“A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy, a wise man because he thinks what is easy is difficult”
“Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.””
“Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?”
“The weak in courage is strong in cunning”
“He who pretends to be either painter or engraver without being a master of drawing is an imposter”
“One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.”
“To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity”
“Men still have to be governed by deception”
“The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.”