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Although the whole of this life were said to be nothing but a dream and the physical world nothing but a phantasm, I should call this dream or phatasm real enough, if, using reason well, we were never deceived by it. – Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz	added by anonymous 13 years ago
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived. – Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance, Act 3	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The surest way to be deceived is to think oneself cleverer than the others. – La Rochefoucauld	added by anonymous 14 years ago
We are never deceived we deceive ourselves. – Johann von Goethe	added by anonymous 14 years ago
It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived. – Publilius Syrus	added by anonymous 14 years ago
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough. – Frank Crane	added by anonymous 14 years ago
It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived. – Rene Descartes	added by anonymous 14 years ago
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. – Samuel Johnson	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Love is only half the illusion the lover, but not his love, is deceived. – George Santayana	added by anonymous 14 years ago
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough. – Frank H. Crane	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Hatred of dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived. – Marquis de Vauvenargues	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The world loves to be deceived. – Sebastian Brant	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The world wants to be deceived. – Sebastian Brant	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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