Deceived Quotations

In the past there were various suggestions in the framework of financial and other agreements to benefit with Iran. But Iran interpreted those suggestions in a mistaken way and deceived the international community.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough

I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.

You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of conscience, both knaves and fools.

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.

In Shakespeare's world, characters cannot trust their senses. Is the ghost in Hamlet true and truthful, or is it a demon, tempting young Hamlet into murderous sin? Is Juliet dead or merely sleeping? Does Lear really stand at the edge of a great cliff? Or has the Fool deceived him to save his life?

The Secret Revelation of John opens, again, in crisis. The disciple John, grieving Jesus' death, is walking toward the temple when he meets a Pharisee who mocks him for having been deceived by a false messiah. These taunts echoed John's own fear and doubt.

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.

Nor can the Apostle mean that Eve only sinned; or that she only was Deceived, for if Adam sinned willfully and knowingly, he became the greater Transgressor.

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

Truth is often the favorite tool of those who deceive.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

If they have deceived the public into believing I did something I did not do and then went about convicting an innocent man, they should receiv no less punishment then they would impose on me,

Let go over a cliff, die completely, and then come back to life - after that you cannot be deceived

Let us not be deceived when we look at a clear blue sky into thinking that all is well. All is not well,

Second Chance was the bad actor, not Toyobo. There was no conspiracy. Second Chance deceived Toyobo, the law enforcement community, and investigating authorities including the Department of Justice.

To hear is to doubt, to see is to be deceived, but to feel is to believe.

He is not deceived who knows himself to be deceived

Look! Don't be deceived by appearances -- men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea!

It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them

Who naught suspects is easily deceived.

There are two sorts of hypocrites: one that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; many of whom are professed Arminians, in the doctrine of justification: and the other, are those that are deceived with false discoveries and elevations; who often cry down works, and men's own righteousness, and talk much of free grace; but at the same time make a righteousness of their discoveries and of their humiliation, and exalt themselves to heaven with them.

Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.

Do not be deceived into thinking that how a man acts is the full picture.

The public can be deceived into thinking that this is what they need. I'm for combining services, but I'm not for metro government.

Things are not what they seem.

This report brings to a close a difficult period for Cendant employees and shareholders alike. The investigation has identified how a group of people at CUC deliberately deceived and misled investors and business partners -- and reveals a corporate culture that encouraged this behavior.

Those who think their intellect will keep them from deception are already deceived.

We are better deceived by having some truth told us than none.

To be free from convention is not to spurn it but not to be deceived by it.

Congress and federal regulators need to look carefully at the lifeless 'competition' their flawed policies have created and reject this merger. The government has been deceived before by promises that somehow more concentration would produce more choices and competition, when the result has been just the opposite. It shouldn't be fooled again.

The world has been deceived because he is obviously not as ill as we were made to believe.

Baker's history in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is a bad one. He deceived his archbishop, his therapists and the young people who trusted him.

As founders of a company that bore their names, Mr. Pilgrim and Mr. Baxter should have set an example of integrity and fair play, ... Instead, they were at the center of improper conduct that deceived and harmed their clients.

Ten thousand times has the labor movement stumbled and bruised itself. We have been enjoined by the courts, assaulted by thugs, charged by the militia, traduced by the press, frowned upon in public opinion, and deceived by politicians. 'But notwithstanding all this and all these, labor is today the most vital and potential power this planet has ever known, and its historic mission is as certain of ultimate realization as is the setting of the sun.

This budget has deceived the common man. The tax system is regressive.

This budget has deceived the common man. The tax system is regressive. Heavy concessions have been granted to the corporate sector and spending on education and healthcare has not been increased to the expected levels.

In light of how much -- and how bold -- kids are online today, all parents need to be armed with more realistic strategies and guidance. And it is essential that teens hear the stories of other young people who were deceived or had close calls online.

I know she felt deceived and hurt, but she was more worried about him and the people he was surrounding himself with.

I'm advising my clients not to be deceived by the sense of anonymity.

The best happiness a woman can boast is that of being most carefully deceived

It's tragic. I feel sorry for the little boy who hardly had a start in life. And I don't understand why the parents deceived all of the people who turned out to hunt for him.

The FDA is guilty of negligence - plain and simple. This decision might actually make matters worse. Consumers will be deceived into thinking that irradiated shellfish is safe to eat, but FDA neglected to ensure that it will be.

I don't think Lula knew about this, but I feel deceived by all the people who were working for him,

These people are so desperate to get health insurance for their families that they are very easily deceived by these ads.

I have what passes for an education in this day and time, but I am not deceived by it.

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

The rule seems to be that those who find no difficulty in deceiving themselves are easily deceived by others. They are easily persuaded and led.

For dreams have deceived many, and they have failed that put their trust in them.

We got a couple of tapes on them. Don't be deceived by their record. They had a little bump in the road.

The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.

It is far better to be deceived than undeceived by those whom we tenderly love.

The less you trust others, the less you will be deceived.

We are deceived by the appearance of right.

Tis more dishonourable to distrust a friend than to be deceived by him.

There are some disguised falsehoods so like truths, that 'twould be to judge ill not to be deceived by them.

The people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived...

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived, and on such occasions only does it seem to will what is bad.

Yes, it is the precepts of men versus the revealed word of God. The more we follow the word of God the less we are deceived, while those who follow the wisdom of men are deceived the most.

I hope you become comfortable with the use of logic without being deceived into concluding that logic will inevitably lead you to the correct conclusion.

It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.

It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion.

The world loves to be deceived.

The world wishes to be deceived.

The world wants to be deceived...

It's not right to hurt or deceive someone who's already been hurt and deceived.

When an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived.

A false path must be tensely and angrily defended by those it has deceived.

Whatever I have up till now accepted as most true and assured I have gotten either from the senses or through the senses. But from time to time I have found that the senses deceive, and it is prudent never to trust completely those who have deceived us even once.

Life is the art of being well deceived.

So may the outward shows be least themselves:The world is still deceived with ornament.

Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.

We like to be deceived.

We are inclined to believe those whom we don not know because they have never deceived us.

None are deceived but they that confide.

There is none deceived but he that trusts.

Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.

No, no, I am but shadow of myself: You are deceived, my substance is not here;

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

Almost every war ends, properly, with its veterans feeling deceived and pointless and gullible, with their being persuaded that all participants were equally vile.

He that goes far to marry, will either deceive or be deceived

We grow hostile to many an artist or writer, not because we finally come to see he has deceived us, but because he thought no subtler means were required to ensnare us.

No man manages his affairs as well as a tree does

I am affected, not because you have deceived me, but because I can no longer believe in you.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

We, the Black masses, don't want these leaders who seek our support coming to us representing a certain political party. They must come to us today as Black Leaders representing the welfare of Black people. We won't follow any leader today who comes on the basis of political party. Both parties (Democrat and Republican) are controlled by the same people who have abused our rights, and who have deceived us with false promises every time an election rolls around.

What is the difference between someone who is convinced and one who is deceived? None, if he is well deceived.

Do not allow yourselves to be deceived: Great Minds are Skeptical.

Life is the art of being well deceived, and to succeed, it must be habitual and uninterrupted.

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over us.

He who never puts his trust in any man will never be deceived.

One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.

Everyone is deceived in his hopes, cheated in his expectations.

Heaven walks among us ordinarily muffled in such triple or tenfold disguises that the wisest are deceived and no one suspects the days to be gods.