“…he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived.”
Source: The Prince
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Niccolo Machiavelli 130
Italian politician, Writer and Author 1469–1527Related quotes

“It's not right to hurt or deceive someone who's already been hurt and deceived.”
Source: The Cider House Rules

Variant: Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.

“What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to deceive?”
How to Save Your Own Life (1977)

“Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.”
Lucy Parsons: Freedom, Equality & Solidarity - Writings & Speeches, 1878-1937

dies slowly…
Muere lentamente quien no viaja, quien no lee,
quien no oye música,
quien no encuentra gracia en sí mismo.
Muere lentamente
quien destruye su amor propio,
quien no se deja ayudar...
Poem "Muere lentamente" (Dying Slowly), wrongly attributed to Pablo Neruda. See "Fake Pablo Neruda Poem Spreads on Internet" http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=325275&CategoryId=14094 by Ana Mendoza, Latin American Herald Tribune (12 January 2009).
Misattributed
Source: Selected Poems
(The Homeless, Psalm 85:10, p. 111).
Book Sources, ELEMENTAL, The Power of Illuminated Love (2008)