A Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Deceived Never Oneself

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German - Novelist
August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

Niccolo Machiavelli

One does not deceive oneself about the consequences of one's acts; one deceives oneself about the ease with which one can live with those consequences.

John Edward

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.

C. S. Lewis

It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.

Christina, Queen of Sweden

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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The most effectual way to be deceived is to believe oneself more cunning than one's neighbors.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Conscience is the voice of the soul, the passions are the voice of the body. Is it astonishing that often these two languages contradict each other, and then to which must we listen? Too often reason deceives us; we have only too much acquired the right of refusing to listen to it; but conscience never deceives us; it is the true guide of man; it is to man what instinct is to the body; which follows it, obeys nature, and never is afraid of going astray.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The wind is awake, pretty leave, pretty leaves, Heed not what he says, he deceives, he deceives; Over and over To the lowly clover He has lisped the same love (and forgotten it, too). He will be lisping and pledging to you.

John Vance Cheney

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.