Deception
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, novelist and dramatist.
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist and philosopher.
You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) Politician. President of the United States.
Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.
Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) Dutch humanist and theologian.
For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) British poet and playwright.
The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.
Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801) Swiss theologian and poet.
It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the ''fronts'' people assume before one another's eyes, and the ''front'' a writer puts on the face of reality.
Francoise Sagan (1935-2004) French playwright, novelist and screenwriter.
Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth.
Socrates (BC 469-BC 399) Greek philosopher of Athens
Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist and philosopher.
Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, novelist and dramatist.