Deceived Quotes

It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion.

Who naught suspects is easily deceived.

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.

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.

...he who always hopes for the best becomes old, deceived by life, and he who is always prepared for the worst becomes old prematurely; but he who has faith, retains eternal youth.

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.

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

The consequence was a positively fanatic [orgy of] freethinking coupled with the impression that youth is being deceived by the state through lies; it was a crushing impression

True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.

I have deceived my friends, and I had millions of them.

But then Iraq happened after September 2001 and America claimed that Al Qaeda was there, and we all know that was a lie and we now know that our own Prime Minister deceived the country terribly.

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

To awaken a man who is deceived as to his own merit is to do him as bad a turn as that done to the Athenian madman who was happy in believing that all the ships touching at the port belonged to him.

We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others.

A man is sometimes better off deceived about the one he loves, than undeceived.

Men are inconsolable concerning the treachery of their friends or the deceptions of their enemies; and yet they are often very highly satisfied to be both deceived and betrayed by their own selves.

You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of conscience, both knaves and fools.

Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.

The people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived.

All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.

Hatred and dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived.

Excessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.

Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?

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.

Beautiful roads do not always lead to beautiful places! Heaven may be hidden at the end of an ugly road! Do not be deceived by the beginning; try to see the end!

It many times falls out that we deem ourselves much deceived in others because we first deceived ourselves.

It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.

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

The world loves to be deceived.

I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.

Jesus asked the Father for his disciples' security, sanctity and unity. Jesus still intercedes for us so fervently because we live in a world that is deceived, dangerous, defiled and divided.

No, no, I am but shadow of myself: You are deceived, my substance is not here.

True love is visible not to the eyes but to the heart, for eyes may be deceived.

There is none deceived but he that trusts.

None are deceived but they that confide.

Bullets can harm you and death can disarm you, but no, you will not be deceived. Stripped of all virtue as you crawl through the dirt, you can give but you cannot receive.

People would rather be deceived than have the truth cause them anxiety

We are better deceived by having some truth told us than none.

The less you trust others, the less you will be deceived.

The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

Don't rely on logic alone, nor speculation. Don't infer or be deceived by appearances.

It's not right to hurt or deceive someone who's already been hurt and deceived.

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving wherein men find pleasure to be deceived.

We are deceived by promises and time disappoints us.

To think truly is noble and to be deceived is base.

To be free from convention is not to spurn it but not to be deceived by it.

Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.

Human beings function better if they are deceived by their genes into thinking that there is a disinterested objective morality binding upon them, which all should obey.

Anyone who idolizes you is going to hate you when he discovers that you are fallible. He never forgives. He has deceived himself, and he blames you for it.