Francois de La Rochefoucauld Deceit Quotations

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.

It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.

People would not long remain in social life if they were not the dupes of each other.

In love deceit nearly always goes further than mistrust.

Our distrust justifies the deceit of others.

One may outwit another, but not all the others.

Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment.

In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust.

In love the deceit generally outstrips the distrust.

Our distrust of another justifies his deceit.