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On illusion, trust, and fooling ourselves

These deceives quotes suggest deception rarely works alone, needing someone willing to be misled in the first place. That idea of complicity pairs with Appearance quotes about surfaces that mislead.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Many
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Nov 07, 2020

Kanye West deceives many and will lead many people astray.

Quotes by Sonny Sandoval

Men
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Nov 07, 2020

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

Appearance
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Nov 07, 2020

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.

Quotes by Phaedrus

First
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Nov 07, 2020

First appearance deceives many.

Find
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Nov 07, 2020

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

Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli

Nature
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Nov 07, 2020

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so.

Quotes by Franz Kafka

Ascetic
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Nov 07, 2020

The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of sacrifice for art, is the victim of a deplorable species of egotism.

Quotes by Alma Gluck

One entry contrasts nature's honesty with humanity's habit of deceiving itself, a theme continued in Alone quotes or Art quotes about illusion and craft.

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