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It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.
[Lat., Improbi hominis est mendacio fallere.]
It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.
[Lat., Improbi hominis est mendacio fallere.]
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
a lot of elephants are running around with donkey jackets
in the Democratic Party.
a lot of elephants are running around with donkey jackets
in the Democratic Party.
The angel answer'd, "Nay, said soul; go higher!
To be deceived in your true heart's desire
Was read more
The angel answer'd, "Nay, said soul; go higher!
To be deceived in your true heart's desire
Was bitterer than a thousand years of fire!"
All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing read more
All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fastly misled us read more
Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fastly misled us as those that are not wholly wrong, as no timepieces so effectively deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right.
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.
The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.
