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Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman
Oscar Wilde
2.
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman. When one is in love one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others. This is what the world calls a romance.
Oscar Wilde
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Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
Mark Twain
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He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others.
Horace
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Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.
LeBron James
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It is best, if possible, to deceive no one; for he that ... begins by deceiving others, will end ... by deceiving himself.
Charles Caleb Colton