A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
Published on June 13, 2016 , under Quotes
Love It 0Source: Demosthenes, Third Olynthiac (349 BC), as quoted in The Routledge Dictionary of Quotations (1987) by Robert Andrews.
Variant: (As translated by Charles Rann Kennedy (1852)): The easiest thing in the world is self-deceit; for every man believes what he wishes, though the reality is often different.
