A Quote by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

The easiest person to deceive is one's self.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Deceive Easiest Person Self

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Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
English - Politician
May 25, 1803 - January 18, 1873

There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.

Demosthenes

It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.

Benjamin Franklin

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

Mark Twain

I'm not the easiest person in the world to be partners with. I'm never home. I'm constantly running around the world. I can be impatient. I have a temper. I'm, like, self-obsessed. I'm irritable, self-absorbed.

Jake Shears

It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Self-deception helps us deceive.

David Livingstone

If you deceive me once shame on you because I have trusted you once and you have deceived me, if you deceive me twice shame on me because I have learnt my lessons and you have deceive me and if you deceive me for the third time shame on me because am a compound fool.

Olusegun Obasanjo

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

Eric Hoffer

Those who deceive others, deceive themselves, as they will find at last, to their cost.

Matthew Henry

It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.

J. C. Ryle

What is your Self? Self is nothing but joy. A joyous person is definitely a person who has got his Self expressing through his joy. Such a person is so joy-giving, so humorous, and never degrading anyone.