A Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A man is sometimes better off deceived about the one he loves, than undeceived.
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It is far better to be deceived than undeceived by those whom we tenderly love.
Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
It is not being deceived, but undeceived, that renders us miserable.
Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.
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.
It is better to have faith in everybody and be deceived occasionally than to mistrust everybody and be deceived almost constantly.
Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction ; they can be deceived by the stories in the women's magazines.
What is an optimist? The man who says, "It's worse everywhere else. We're better off than the rest of the world. We've been lucky." He is happy with things as they are and he doesn't torment himself. What is a pessimist? The man who says, "Things are fine everywhere but here. Everyone else is better off than we are. We're the only ones who've had a bad break." He torments himself continually.
I was headed for the fantastic lights. No doubt about it. Could it be that I was being deceived? Not likely. I don't think I had enough imagination to be deceived; had no false hope, either. I'd come from a long ways off and had started from a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else.
man, i would have peeled off my shirt faster than you can say bubba loves trucks.
There is nothing more necessary than truth, and in comparison with it everything else has only secondary value. This absolute will to truth: what is it? Is it the will to not allow ourselves to be deceived? Is it the will not to deceive? One does not want to be deceived, under the supposition that it is injurious, dangerous, or fatal to be deceived.
Providing for the ones he loves and care about, whether it's monetarily or with sweat equity, is part of a man's DNA, and if he loves and cares for you, this man will provide for you all these things with no limits.
It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.
For many decades, Whitehall has deceived itself and deceived the public about the true nature of the E.U. project.
The best I can say is that it's better for me to write about despair and darkness than to be incapable of getting off the sofa. It's better to write about suicide than to contemplate it too heavily.
The world loves to be deceived.
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