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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.
Sep 29, 2025
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree. We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.
Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.
Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.
Life is the art of being well deceived, and to succeed, it must be habitual and uninterrupted.
The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.
Truth is often the favorite tool of those who deceive.
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.
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.
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
Life is the art of being well deceived.
It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
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.
No man manages his affairs as well as a tree does
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.
We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.
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