“I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.”
“Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!”
“It was the men I deceived the most I loved the most.”
“I know an excuse when I hear one. Don't you dare deceive yourself into believing that you're the victim, Derek Novak.”
“Guard yourself from lying; there is he who deceives and there is he who is deceived.”
“It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian.”