A Quote by William Rounseville Alger

Every man is his own greatest dupe.

William Rounseville Alger

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Dupe Every Every Man Greatest His Man Own

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William Rounseville Alger
American - Author
1822 - 1905

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.

Demosthenes

Yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.

Thomas Browne

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.

Francis Herbert Hedge

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.

Frederick Henry Hedge

Where no man thinks himself under any obligation to submit to another, and, instead of co-operating in one great scheme, every one hastens through by-paths to private profit, no great change can suddenly be made; nor is superior knowledge of much effect, where every man resolves to use his own eyes and his own judgment, and every one applauds his own dexterity and diligence, in proportion as he becomes rich sooner than his neighbour.

Samuel Johnson

Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man's folly ought to be his greatest secret.

Francis Quarles

The weak-minded man is the slave of his vices and the dupe of his virtues.

Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

A man's own vanity is a swindler that never lacks for a dupe.

Honore de Balzac

The whole world, from the least to the greatest, must know the truth, so that man may understand the great laws that govern his life. He must learn to control his own destiny, to heal his own body and bring happiness to his own soul.

Ernest Holmes

Let nothing dupe you! Such is the horrible maxim that acts as a solvent upon every noble feeling man experiences.

Honore de Balzac

Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry.

Gilbert Parker

Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.

Thomas Browne

You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you?