Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
Appearances are often deceiving.
Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.
Authority can be faked. That's why impersonating a police officer is a crime. Sometimes the outward appearances of authority can be deceiving.