Eric Hoffer Quotes

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

Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them.

We seek and offer ourselves to be gulled.

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

Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.

Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?

If you want to convince somebody, make up a quote and attribute it to some renowned authority …. People are incredibly gullible.

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.

People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool.

Like the juggler, deceiving by his tricks, one is deluded by egotism, falsehood and illusion.

We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves.

And you know, I believed him. What girl wouldn't?

People usually believe anything that they are told early and often.

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.

Those who think their intellect will keep them from deception are already deceived.

Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived.

We like to be deceived.

People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.

If we say something often enough, we come to believe it. We don't usually delude others until after we have first deluded ourselves.

Always remember that as long as other people are gullible, there's no limit to what you can achieve.

There is none deceived but he that trusts.

Credulity is always a ridiculous, often a dangerous failing: it has made of many a clever man, a fool; and of many a good man, a knave.

No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived.

None are deceived but they that confide.