Deceived Quotes
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No one is so terribly deceived as he who does not himself suspect it.
Soren Kierkegaard -
Without enthusiasm, the adventurer could never kindle that fire in his followers which is so necessary to consolidate their mutual interests; for no one can heartily deceive numbers who is not first of all deceived himself.
William Warburton
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We grow hostile to many an artist or writer, not because we finally come to see he has deceived us, but because he thought no subtler means were required to ensnare us.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
The world wishes to be deceived.
Sebastian Franck -
I am affected, not because you have deceived me, but because I can no longer believe in you.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
Lord Byron -
There is nothing more necessary than truth, and in comparison with it everything else has only secondary value. This absolute will to truth: what is it? Is it the will to not allow ourselves to be deceived? Is it the will not to deceive? One does not want to be deceived, under the supposition that it is injurious, dangerous, or fatal to be deceived.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
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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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 analyse the nature of knowledge and ignorance and imitation.
Socrates -
Don't cry, I'm sorry to have deceived you so much, but that's how life is.
Vladimir Nabokov -
So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.
William Shakespeare -
What is the difference between someone who is convinced and one who is deceived? None, if he is well deceived.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli -
The world loves to be deceived.
Sebastian Franck
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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.
William Shenstone -
No, no, I am but shadow of myself: You are deceived, my substance is not here.
William Shakespeare -
Even though we are deceived, still believe. Though we are betrayed, still forgive. Love completely even those who hate you.
Sun Myung Moon -
One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
Why was Christ so compassionate towards sexual sinners, especially women? Think of the woman caught in adultery. Think of the prostitute who wept at his feet. Could it be because Christ knew that these women, who had been deceived by counterfeit loves, were actually looking for him, the true Bridegroom?
Christopher West -
The spiritual consciousness is never deceived
Billy Meier
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I wanted to deliver the emotions a man feels when he's in love. For example, through song "GG BE," I wanted to the express the feelings of being deceived by a woman (the song also contains the woman's counterargument).
Lee Seung-hyun Big Bang -
Look to her, Moor, if thou has eyes to see. She has deceived her father, and may thee.
William Shakespeare -
The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
Seneca the Younger -
Being deceived into thinking the perks of slavery are a good thing, we can easily aquire a preference for chains and a taste for the slaves rations.
Dennis Green