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Do not allow yourselves to be deceived: Great Minds are Skeptical.
He who has never been deceived by a lie does not know the meaning of bliss.
It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
Don’t be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.
And in vain does the dreamer rummage about in his old dreams, raking them over as though they were a heap of cinders, looking into these cinders for some spark, however tiny, to fan it into a flame so as to warm his chilled blood by it and revive in it all that he held so dear before, all that touched his heart, that made his blood course through his veins, that drew tears from his eyes, and that so splendidly deceived him!
It’s not right to hurt or deceive someone who’s already been hurt and deceived.
Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived?
One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.
I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.
[I]f you are truly a man, sure of yourself and confident of your strength, you may taste of life without fear and without reserve; you may be sad or joyous, deceived or respected; but be sure you are loved, for what matters the rest?
Do not be deceived into thinking that how a man acts is the full picture.
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.
Of all the agonies in life, that which is most poignant and harrowing–that which for the time annihilates reason, and leaves our whole organization one lacerated, mangled heart–is the conviction that we have been deceived where we placed all the trust of love.
Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.
There is none deceived but he that trusts.
The enemy is subtle, how be it we are so deceived, when truth’s in our hearts and we still don’t believe.
The spiritual consciousness is never deceived
Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
Even that some people try deceived me many times … I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust.
To be free from convention is not to spurn it but not to be deceived by it.
The nature of Christ’s salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day evangelist. He announces a Saviour from Hell rather than a Saviour from sin. And that is why so many are fatally deceived, for there are multitudes who wish to escape the Lake of fire who have no desire to be delivered from their carnality and worldliness.
The consequence was a positively fanatic [orgy of] freethinking coupled with the impression that youth is being deceived by the state through lies; it was a crushing impression
. . . you should know that there is present with you the angel whom God has appointed for each man. . . This angel, who is sleepless and cannot be deceived, is always present with you; he sees all things and is not hindered by darkness. You should know, too, that with him is God.
True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.
Of all forms of deception self-deception is the most deadly, and of all deceived persons the self-deceived are the least likely to discover the fraud.
We have been deceived into believing prayer is all about persuading God to release His power. We no longer need to beg or plead; we need to exercise the authority He has given us and receive His blessings.
True love is visible not to the eyes but to the heart, for eyes may be deceived.
Bullets can harm you and death can disarm you, but no, you will not be deceived. Stripped of all virtue as you crawl through the dirt, you can give but you cannot receive.
My guard stood hard when abstract threats, too noble to neglect, deceived me into thinking, I had something to protect.
If you are often deceived by those around you, you may be sure that you deserve to be deceived; and that instead of railing at the general falseness of mankind, you have first to pronounce judgment on your own jealous tyranny, or on your own weak credulity.
Those who think their intellect will keep them from deception are already deceived.
The farther we get from God, the more the world spirals out of control. My heart aches for America and its deceived people. The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance. In Jonah’s day, Nineveh was the lone world superpower-wealthy, unconcerned, and self-centered. When the Prophet Jonah finally traveled to Nineveh and proclaimed God’s warning, people heard and repented. I believe the same thing can happen once again, this time in our nation. It’s something I long for.
Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.
Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.