Deceived Quotes

Deceived Quote of the day

Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

Do not allow yourselves to be deceived: Great Minds are Skeptical.

The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.

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!

Our citizens may be deceived for awhile, and have been deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may trust to them for light.

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

No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived.

Wherever there is power, there is age. Don't be deceived by dimples and curls. I tell you that babe is a thousand years old.

When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realised the wisdom of strategy.

One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.

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

The Truth is inseparable from who you are. Yes, you are the Truth. If you look for it elsewhere, you will be deceived every time.

And isn't it a bad thing to be deceived about the truth, and a good thing to know what the truth is? For I assume that by knowing the truth you mean knowing things as they really are.

Even though we are deceived, still believe. Though we are betrayed, still forgive. Love completely even those who hate you.

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.

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

Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived.

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?

A false path must be tensely and angrily defended by those it has deceived.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

Man is an emotional animal, occasionally rational; and through his feelings he can be deceived to his heart's content.

Blessed the one who has kept the mastery of his eyelids and has not deceived himself with either mind or sense with regard to the skin of the flesh that after a little while oozes putrefaction.

Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislikes being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.

Those who think their intellect will keep them from deception are already deceived.

Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust.

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

There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them.

And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived you. Wise as you have become, with so much experience, you must already have understood what these Ithacas mean.

... pure and intelligent women can be deceived and misled by the baser sort, their very innocence and experience making them credulous and the helpless tools of the guilty and bold.

When our knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by the illusions of our senses.

There's a sort of rage a man feels when he's been deceived where he most trusted. It compares to no other anger.

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.

Do not be deceived by a man's eloquence; rather whoever fulfils trusts and refrains from impugning people's honour is a real man.

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

I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone.

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

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

The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.

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.

Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived.

When the truly great people discover that they have been deceived by the signposts along the road of life, they just shift gears and keep going.

I believe hundreds of Christian people are being deceived by Satan now on this point, that they have not got the assurance of salvation just because they are not willing to take God at His word.

If people think I'm just the boss's daughter, they're deceived.

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

It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.

Things are not what they seem.

Look to her, Moor, if thou has eyes to see. She has deceived her father, and may thee.

The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.

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