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“It is easy to become the dupe of a deferred purpose, of the promise the future can never keep, and I had fallen into the meanest type of self-deception in making myself believe that all this was in preparation for great things to come.”

Believe Self Purpose Easy Type Promise Great Things Preparation Deception Fallen Self Deception Dupes Hull House

Book:The Selected Papers of Jane Addams: Vol. 2: Venturing into Usefulness

Source: The Selected Papers of Jane Addams: Vol. 2: Venturing into Usefulness

“The human face is a weak guarantee; yet it deserves some consideration. And if I had to whip the wicked, I would do so more severely to those who belied and betrayed the promises that nature had implanted on their brows; I would punish malice more harshly when it was hidden under a kindly appearance.”

Ifs Humans Faces Promise Deserve Weak Appearance Deception Wicked Guarantees Consideration Betrayed Malice Whips Brows Human Faces

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“The flesh is willing to flatter itself, and many who now give themselves every indulgence, promise to themselves an easy entrance into life. THus men practice mutual deception on each other and fall asleep in wicked indifference.”

Men Giving Fall Easy Practice Willing Promise Flesh Deception Indifference Wicked Mutual Indulgence Entrances

Book:Commentary on Luke

Source: Commentary on Luke

“A stand in is a politician who can deliver her constituency to her Wall Street backers. That's what a politician does in America. You get a constituency; you make them believe your promises, and then you turn them over to your financial campaign backers. That's what politics has become and that's as much an art of deception as economics is.”

Believe Art Wall Politician Promise Financial Deception

Author:Michael Hudson

“A promise made is a debt unpaid.”

Made Truth Honesty Trust Promise Betrayal Debt Deception

Author:Robert W. Service

“A 'no' does not hide anything, but a 'yes' very easily becomes a deception.”

Doe Promise Deception

Author:Soren Kierkegaard