Deceived Quotes

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.

It is not being deceived, but undeceived, that renders us miserable.

What is the difference between someone who is convinced and one who is deceived? None, if he is well deceived.

He who never puts his trust in any man will never be deceived.

I hope you become comfortable with the use of logic without being deceived into concluding that logic will inevitably lead you to the correct conclusion.

To hear is to doubt, to see is to be deceived, but to feel is to believe.

No one is so terribly deceived as he who does not himself suspect it.

It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.

The one who knows himself isn't deceived by either praise or criticism.

For, if we take an examination of what is generally understood by happiness, as it has respect either to the understanding or the senses, we shall find all its properties and adjuncts will herd under this short definition: that it is a perpetual possession of being well deceived.

It is better to have faith in everybody and be deceived occasionally than to mistrust everybody and be deceived almost constantly.

Things are not what they seem.

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

I never knew a mocker who was not mocked, a deceiver who was not deceived, or a proud man who was not humbled.

We, the Black masses, don't want these leaders who seek our support coming to us representing a certain political party. They must come to us today as Black Leaders representing the welfare of Black people. We won't follow any leader today who comes on the basis of political party. Both parties (Democrat and Republican) are controlled by the same people who have abused our rights, and who have deceived us with false promises every time an election rolls around.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

Whatever I have up till now accepted as most true and assured I have gotten either from the senses or through the senses. But from time to time I have found that the senses deceive, and it is prudent never to trust completely those who have deceived us even once.

The spiritual consciousness is never deceived

Do not be deceived into thinking that how a man acts is the full picture.

Love believes all things and yet is never deceived.

The world wants to be deceived.

We are deceived by the appearance of right.