“ A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could. ”
- William Hazlitt- Copy
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“ Don't be sad, don't be angry, if life deceives you! Submit to your grief; your time for joy will come, believe me. ”
- Alexander Pushkin- Copy
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“ Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves. ”
- Jean Jacques Rousseau- Copy
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“ Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden. ”
- Phaedrus- Copy
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“ Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
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