Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.

διόπερ ῥᾷστον ἁπάντων ἐστὶν αὑτὸν ἐξαπατῆσαι: ὃ γὰρ βούλεται, τοῦθ᾽ ἕκαστος καὶ οἴεται

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Demosthenes. Olynthiac Three. c. 349 BC, Athens, Greece.

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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 6.

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The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.