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Amusement allures and deceives us and leads us down imperceptibly in thoughtlessness to the grave — Blaise Pascal

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. — Samuel Johnson

Omission is a sin only if, in the process of deceiving, you forget the truth. Lying is a sin only if, in the process, the lie becomes the only truth. — Julianna Baggott

The site looks unpromising from a distance, blending in with the surrounding sepia-toned hills, but I'm learning that looks can be deceiving. — Lynn Austin

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public. — George Henry Lewes

He that once deceives is ever suspected. — George Herbert

She made him feel guilty at times. The problem was that she was so honest herself, almost transparent. It seemed criminal to be deceiving her. — Emily Arden

lie consists in speaking something we know is false with the intention of deceiving. This is the most direct offense against — Charles Pope

And I know this world is so cold and deceiving but I keep my head up like my nose is bleeding. — Lil' Wayne

I feel very guilty doing magic because you're deceiving somebody. — Jesse Eisenberg

Their record is a little bit deceiving. I still think they are a very good team. — Laura Halldorson

The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof in words deceiving. — John Milton

Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change. — Thomas A Kempis

Conceit and confidence are both of them cheats; the first always imposes on itself, the second frequently deceives others too. — George Zimmerman

Gabito isn't deceiving anyone," she said with an innocent smile, "but sometimes it happens that even God needs to make weeks that are two years long. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

TARKIN: The wench hath lied! Deceiving,
cut-throat girl,
Most cunning princess born of
Hell's own heart! — Ian Doescher

Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitudes. — Leonardo Da Vinci

The thought of death deceives us; for it causes us to neglect to live. — Luc De Clapiers

Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have. — Jeremiah

It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth. — Otto Von Bismarck

Do not be ashamed to give a little; for to deceive is to give still less. — Muhammad Ali

Appearance over substance was a cultural theme in China — Paul Midler

Never deceive a friend. — Hipparchus

We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Appearances can be so deceiving, such a poor measure of a person. Admonished the Savior, 'Judge not according to the appearance. — Thomas S. Monson

We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I may ... surprise you - but I shall not deceive you. — Eugene Talmadge

Propaganda is that branch of the art of lying which consists in nearly deceiving your friends without quite deceiving your enemies. — Francis Cornford

Each time I fail to think about death, I have the impression of cheating, of deceiving someone in me. — Emil Cioran

That which deceives us and does us harm, also undeceives us and does us good. — Philibert Joseph Roux

My religion is not deceiving myself. — Milarepa

To deceive ones selfe is very easie. — George Herbert

You can see your real face only when you stop deceiving yourself! Until then, you will always see someone which is not you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

We are challenged these days, but not changed; convicted, but not converted. We hear, but do not; and thereby we deceive ourselves. — Vance Havner

From the outside looking in, everything looked completely ordinary. The problem was being on the inside, looking out. — Belle Malory

Vice can deceive under the guise and shadow of virtue. — Juvenal

One is never deceived; one deceives oneself. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Winged time glides on insensibly, and deceive us; and there is nothing more fleeting than years. — Ovid

Those who deceive others, deceive themselves, as they will find at last, to their cost. — Matthew Henry

I let my eyes deceive me from the start, they told me I wanted her more than I wanted you. Guess my eyes were bigger than my heart. — Conway Twitty

To me dreams are part of nature, which harbors no intention to deceive but expresses something as best it can. — Carl Jung

Moreover, statistics can be deceiving: the growth of jobs in the US in the 90s was due to many part-time jobs, with no benefits and generally low pay. — David Korten

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions. — John Lothrop Motley

Reason deceives us more often than does nature. — Luc De Clapiers

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. — Oscar Wilde

Funny, now I can see, how looks can be deceiving. — Elvis Costello

Nothing is so deceiving as knowledge. — Marty Rubin

It's not love at first sight, it's having the sight, to distinguish true love, from just mere beauty. — Anthony Liccione

Our backs hut from gathering them: how hard they were to find among the concealing leaves, the frosted deceiving grass. — Truman Capote

He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others. — Horace

James 1:22 is the theme verse of the entire book of James. It says, But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. — David Platt

It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown. — Anatole France

I think you owe me something for deceiving me so exquisitely. — Patrick Marber

Cheats easily believe others as bad as themselves; there is no deceiving them, nor do they long deceive. — Jean De La Bruyere

We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves. — Arthur Schopenhauer

It is best, if possible, to deceive no one; for he that ... begins by deceiving others, will end ... by deceiving himself. — Charles Caleb Colton

While we are indifferent to our good qualities, we keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our faults, until we come to look on them as virtues. — Heinrich Heine

Some people in your life
Touch you so very deeply
That you drown totally in that depth. — Amit Abraham

There are many who have grave scruples about deceiving but think it as nothing to deceive themselves. — Eric Hoffer

Hearts can deceive. Words can deceive. But eyes we should trust. — Cesare Borgia

You didn't strike me as stupid, but I guess first impressions are deceiving. — Talia Vance

Appearances can be deceiving, but the true colours of your soul remain. — Angelica Hopes

Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves. — LeBron James

Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses. — Confucius

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell. — Plato

A lie has forgiveness. A deceive doesn't. The difference is in lying to protect and deceiving to harm. — Eulalia Marques

Whoever had said that appearances were deceiving was only partially right; they could also be deadly. — Julie McElwain

We learn to deceive ourselves while we are trying to deceive others. — Sidney Jourard

It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

There are lying looks, as well as lying words; dissembling smiles, deceiving signs, and even a lying silence. — Ellin Devis

Though dreams can be deceiving; like faces are to hearts, they serve for sweet relieving, when fantasy and reality lie too far apart. — Fiona Apple

Appearances may be deceiving. — Aesop

We find the light only after total defeat of our attempts to deceive and outwit it. — Vernon Howard

You make the choice. You look at each scene and you make sure that this is not a person deceiving people. — Gary Cole

My object is to mystify and entertain. I wouldn't deceive you for the world. — Howard Thurston

Hope is but a charlatan that ceases not to deceive us. For myself happiness only began when I had lost it. — Nicolas Chamfort

It is said that ridicule is the test of truth: it is never applied, but when we wish to deceive ourselves ... — Letitia Elizabeth Landon

The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing — Jessie J.

Recruiting can be a little deceiving at times. You never know what you've got until you really, really play it out. — Steve Spurrier

If you don't find true balance, anyone can deceive you. — Rumi

When we successfully deceive others, they are not aware of it; the same is true with self-deception. — Mardy Grothe

The only real diplomacy ever performed by a diplomat is in deceiving their own people after their dumbness has got them into a war. — Will Rogers

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Some experts believe that somebody is deceiving WikiLeaks, that its reputation is being undermined in order for it to be used for political purposes. — Vladimir Putin

An attempt to gain a value by deceiving the mind of others is an act of raising your victims to a position higher than reality. — John Galt

In love, one always begins in deceiving oneself, and one always ends in deceiving others. — Oscar Wilde

I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death. — A. N. Wilson

Evil men often easy to mislead, because they have spent so long deceiving that they no longer recognise the truth and mistake deseption for it. — Dean Koontz

Only those who do not wish to see can be deceived. — Dianna Hardy

Even a fool can deceive a man - if he be a bigger fool than himself. — Marjorie Bowen

Like the juggler, deceiving by his tricks, one is deluded by egotism, falsehood and illusion. — Guru Nanak

We are not deceiving anyone, we are only deceiving our own soul [our own Self]. — Dada Bhagwan

Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves. — Anthony Trollope

It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive. — Christina, Queen Of Sweden

If it looks like a hallway, feels like a hallway, and acts like a hallway - is it important to figure out that it isn't a hallway? — Patricia Briggs

Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes. — George Herbert

Underhand euphemism are used, not so much to conceal offence and to deliberately disguise a topic and deceive — Kate Burridge

Don't decide on a dog based on looks either, much like with people, looks and first impressions can be deceiving. — Elizabeth Holmes