“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what every man wishes, that he also believes to be true.”
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Famous Demosthenes Quotes
“The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.”
“Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.”
“What we wish, that we readily believe.”
Source: The Orations of Demosthenes
“A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.”