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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally read more
When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean only that they will do as they choose, in the confidence that no one will know their vagaries; and at the utmost only that they are willing to act contrary to the opinion of the majorities because they are supported by the approval of their neighbors. It’s not difficult to be unconventional in the eyes of the world when your unconventionality is but the convention of your set.
The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.
The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
Deception is a cruel act... It often has many players on different stages that corrode the soul.
Deception is a cruel act... It often has many players on different stages that corrode the soul.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.
Had the devil come to our first parents personally and unmasked, they would have more easily seen the deception.
Had the devil come to our first parents personally and unmasked, they would have more easily seen the deception.
