"The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does."
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"The love of nature is the only love that does not deceive human hopes."
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"Do my ears deceive me, or can I actually hear the sounds of worms turning? You say a turning worm makes no sound? But how about a chorus of turning worms?"
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"I suppose the advocates of unreason think that there is a better chance of profitably deceiving the populace if they keep it in a state of effervescence."
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"Amusement that is excessive and followed only for its own sake, allures and deceives us."
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"When we see an effect happen always in the same manner, we infer that it takes place by a natural necessity; as, for instance, that the sun will rise to morrow; but nature often deceives us, and will not submit to its own rules."
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"Those who seek peace above all else, they say, will always deceive to keep the water calm."
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"Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men."
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"Winged time glides on insensibly, and deceive us; and there is nothing more fleeting than years."
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"It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another."
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"Our hopes, often though they deceive us, lead us pleasantly along the path of life."
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"We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves."
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"To deceive ones selfe is very easie."
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"No picture can be good which deceives by its imitation, for the very reason that nothing can be beautiful which is not true."
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