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Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure
Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure
 What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he 
hid himself among women.  
 What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he 
hid himself among women. 
 The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the 
honest man walks away and is silent.
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 The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the 
honest man walks away and is silent.
 [Fr., Le bruit est pour le fat, la plainte pour le sot;
  L'honnete homme trompe s'eloigne et ne dit mot.] 
 There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the 
cat in the pan.  
 There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the 
cat in the pan. 
 Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world
 But those who slide along the grassy sod,
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 Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world
 But those who slide along the grassy sod,
  And sting the luckless foot that presses them?
   There are who in the path of social life
    Do bask their spotted skins in Fortune's sun,
     And sting the soul. 
Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
 It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
 [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]  
 It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
 [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.] 
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That read more
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world calls a romance.
It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and read more
It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality.