Deceived Quotes

• No man was ever so much deceived by another as by himself.

  Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

  Men, Assessment, Self Assessment

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• Nor can the Apostle mean that Eve only sinned; or that she only was Deceived, for if Adam sinned willfully and knowingly, he became the greater Transgressor.

  Mary Astell

  Mean, Adam, Apostles

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• It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Lying, Hype, Deception

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book II". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1668.

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• 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?

  Joseph Butler

  Fate, Desire, Action

  'Fifteen Sermons preached at the Rolls Chapel' (1726) no. 7

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• There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; and the others are those that are deceived with false discoveries and elevation; which often cry down works, and men's own righteousness, and tlak much of free grace, but at the same time make a righteousness of their discoveries and of their humiliation, and exalt themselves to heaven with them.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Hypocrite, Men, Discovery

  Jonathan Edwards (1844). “The Works of President Edwards in Four Volumes: A Reprint of the Worcester Edition, with Valuable Additions and a Copious General Index”, p.52

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• Even if all we have is a little, the Lord desires us to be joyfully generous, so that He will have for His church an abundance for every good work. Let us not be selfish or deceived by money. In a real sense, money is not a blessing; it's a test.

  Francis Frangipane

  Selfish, Real, Blessing

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• Yes, it is the precepts of men versus the revealed word of God. The more we follow the word of God the less we are deceived, while those who follow the wisdom of men are deceived the most.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Men, Word Of God, Versus

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Stupid, Would Be, Fraud

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.60

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• Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Revolution, Rules For Radicals

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.91, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

  Walter Russell

  Knowing, Unity, Conflict

  Walter Russell (1947). “The Secret of Light”, p.79, Рипол Классик

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• The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the honest man walks away and is silent.

  Francois de la Noue

  Silly, Men, Deceit

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• For, if we take an examination of what is generally understood by happiness, as it has respect either to the understanding or the senses, we shall find all its properties and adjuncts will herd under this short definition: that it is a perpetual possession of being well deceived.

  Jonathan Swift

  Happiness, Possession, Wells

  "A Modest Proposal and Other Prose".

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

  William Shakespeare

  Father, Eye, Looks

  William Shakespeare, Julie Hankey (2005). “Othello”, p.147, Cambridge University Press

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• 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.

  Ninon de L'Enclos

  Infidelity, Likes, Would Be

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• So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.

  William Shakespeare

  Ornaments, Deceit, World

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 2, l. 73

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• 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.

  Neil Armstrong

  Use, Logic, Conclusion

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• Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Deception, Investing, Deceiving

  "Culture and Value" by Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by Peter Winch, (p. 34e), 1980.

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• Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

  Plato

  Plato, Philosophical, Men

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• Hatred and dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Lying, Hatred, Dishonesty

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• The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.

  Rene Descartes

  Trust, Deceived Us, Hype

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• O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

  Walter Scott

  Wisdom, Truth, Lying

  Marmion canto 6, st. 17 (1808)

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• And if you remember the other part of the context is we were then all deceived about the French position and told the French had said they'd veto any second resolution - which wasn't true, we now know.

  Clare Short

  Remember, Resolution, Said

  "Today" with John Humphrys, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2004.

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• 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!

  William Booth

  Men, Rocks, Sea

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• Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.

  Bernard Baruch

  War, Today, Cold

  Address at the unveiling of his portrait in the South Carolina Legislature, Columbia, S.C., 16 Apr. 1947. The term cold war was popularized by Baruch's speech and by Walter Lippmann's 1947 book with that title. An earlier use was by George Orwell writing in the Tribune, 19 Oct. 1945 (see Orwell for this and still older antecedents). Baruch credited speechwriter Herbert Bayard Swope with supplying him with this phrase in 1946 (in a draft speech about United States - Soviet relations). See Orwell

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• The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Quests, Vulgar, Versions

  Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

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