Samuel Johnson Quotes About Deception

• We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

  Samuel Johnson

  Life, Trust, Believe

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1840). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq”, p.433

• 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

  Lying, Mean, Men

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1840). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq”, p.486

• Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves.

  Samuel Johnson

  Successful, Men, Deception

  Samuel Johnson (1793). “The Rambler”, p.73

• Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale.

  Samuel Johnson

  Deception, Tomorrow, Cheat

  Samuel Johnson, James Boswell (199?). “Wisdom of ages: quotations”

• Don't tell me of deception; a lie is a lie, whether it be a lie to the eye or a lie to the ear.

  Samuel Johnson

  Lying, Eye, Deception

  Samuel Johnson (1836). “Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc”, p.222

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