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Being Deceived Quotes

When anyone tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether it be more probable that this person should either deceive or be deceived or that the fact which he relates should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision. Always I reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates, then and... David Hume
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive..."
It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Niccolo Machiavelli quote: "One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves..."
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived. Niccolo Machiavelli
Johann G. Seume quote: "Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived."
Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived. Johann G. Seume
Sissela Bok quote: "Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be..."
Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived. Sissela Bok
The face of sin today often wears the mask of tolerance. Do not be deceived; behind that facade is heartache, unhappiness and pain. .. YOU be the one to make a stand for right, even if you stand alone. Have the moral courage to be a light for others to follow. Thomas S. Monson
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
Peter S. Beagle quote: "no cat out of its first fur can ever be deceived by..."
...no cat out of its first fur can ever be deceived by appearances. Unlike human beings, who enjoy them. Peter S. Beagle
The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth. William Hazlitt
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we..."
Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undecieved by them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but then so is all poetry, and to suppose that there are several kinds of poetry, differing from each other in essence, is to be deceived by wholly artificial divisions which have no real being. John Drinkwater
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be..."
There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them. Charles Caleb Colton
George Byron quote: "Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we..."
Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them. George Byron
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it..."
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only. Napoleon Bonaparte

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