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Colonial America3 quotes
Many complain of their Memory, few of their Judgment. — Benjamin Franklin · 1745Who has deceiv’d thee so oft as thy self? — Benjamin Franklin · 1738Many a Man thinks he is buying Pleasure, when he is really selling himself a slave to it. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Age of Enlightenment1 quote
The heart of man is made to reconcile contradictions. — David Hume · 1741Ancient World1 quote
People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something-always, in a word, seeking. — Bodhidharma · 528 BCClassical antiquity1 quote
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true. — Demosthenes · 349 BCOld Testament Era1 quote
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? — Jeremiah · 570 BCThe Renaissance1 quote
Though Fortune’s malice overthrow my state,
My mind exceeds the compass of her wheel. — William Shakespeare · 1595