We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Deception Quotes

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always...

Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always...

That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love,...

That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love,...

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in...

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in...

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

All things are only transitory.

All things are only transitory.

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

You only ask people about themselves so you can tell them about yourself.

You only ask people about themselves so you can tell them about yourself.

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...