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When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
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Mark Twain
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We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support, strength needs it far more. A straw or a feather sustains itself long in the air. There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend. The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray. An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling falsehood. Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing. We see people not as they are, but as they appear to us, and these appearances are usually misleading. When you have something to say, silence is a lie. The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.