#deceived

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

— Emile M. Cioran

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The world loves to be deceived. ↗

— Sebastian Franck

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Men wholly bent on wordly treasures were the dupes of their own passions, rather than deceived by the writings or pretenses of those who claimed to be Alchemists. ↗

— Ethan A. Hitchcock

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Some people in your life Touch you so very deeply That you drown totally in that depth. ↗

— Amit Abraham

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I have sworn to only live free. Even if I find bitter the taste of death, I don't want to die humiliated or deceived. ↗

— Osama bin Laden

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But then Iraq happened after September 2001 and America claimed that Al Qaeda was there, and we all know that was a lie and we now know that our own Prime Minister deceived the country terribly. ↗

— Clare Short

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You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough. ↗

— Frank Crane

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A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines. ↗

— Simone Weil

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Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them. ↗

— Lord Byron

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