Pierre Charron Quotes

People in great institutions are occasionally credulous.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

A certain portion of the human race / Has certainly a taste for being diddled.

You can always cheat an honest man, but it takes more work.

I was so gullible as a kid.

I'm gullible.

There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled.

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.

Am I a fool? I don't think I'm a fool. But I think I sure was fooled.

The best, very best scammers will always ask for your advice. This is their favorite technique. It makes them vulnerable. It flatters your ego.

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

We wouldn’t want to live in a world where we couldn’t be conned. Because, in effect, we would then be living in a world where we mistrusted or refused to trust anyone.

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.

For a long time, I was very naive and very trusting. I Just didn't think anyone would want to do anything to harm me, but I learned through trial and error that that's not the case.

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.

More are taken in by hope than by cunning.

As I say, it never ceases to amaze me how gullible some of our Church members are.

Old birds like Orlovius are wonderfully easy to lead by the beak, because a combination of decency and sentimentality is exactly equal to being a fool.

You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn't deceive anybody. It's the deceivers who make you feel bad.

Everybody's got a right to be a sucker ... once.

Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to lie and deceive.

There is none deceived but he that trusts.

A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived.

The world loves to be deceived.

It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.