A Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust.
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In love the deceit generally outstrips the distrust.
Our distrust of another justifies his deceit.
?ur own distrust somewhat justifies the deceit of others.
Persistent distrust is the flame of deceit. Be as good as your word or be singed by the heat.
Many men provoke others to overreach them by excessive suspicion; their extraordinary distrust in some sort justifies the deceit.
I'm not interested in a film about deceit anymore. I think I was always invested in deceit on some level. But it no longer compels me the way it did for so many years.
Deceit and falsehood, whatever conveniences they may for a time promise or produce, are, in the sum of life, obstacles to happiness. Those who profit by the cheat distrust the deceiver; and the act by which kindness was sought puts an end to confidence.
In love deceit nearly always goes further than mistrust.
Self-deceit—It’s in the “Nine Satanic Statements” but deserves to be repeated here. Another cardinal sin. We must not pay homage to any of the sacred cows presented to us, including the roles we are expected to play ourselves. The only time self-deceit should be entered into is when it’s fun, and with awareness. But then, it’s not self-deceit!
His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be. The cub's fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience. Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances.
Reality always outstrips fiction. Whatever you make up, something more incredible always pops up in real life.
It is impossible to distrust one's writing without awakening a deeper distrust in oneself.
Faced with the opportunity to become the category of one, we almost always hesitate, almost always compromise, almost always dumb it down to play it a little bit safer
Distrust that man who tells you to distrust. He takes the measure of his own small soul, and thinks the world no larger.
But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful! Distrust all those who talk much of their justice!
Politicians who wish to succeed must be prepared to dissemble, at times to lie. All deceit is bad. In politics some deceit or moral dishonesty is the oil without which the machinery would not work.
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