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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.
You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but read more
You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.
Which I wish to remark--
And my language is plain,--
That for ways that are dark
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Which I wish to remark--
And my language is plain,--
That for ways that are dark
And for tricks that are vain,
The heathen Chinee is peculiar.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.
The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.
He seemed
For dignity compos'd and high exploit:
But all was false and hollow.
He seemed
For dignity compos'd and high exploit:
But all was false and hollow.
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.
A sheep in sheep's clothing.
A sheep in sheep's clothing.
When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
