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A sheep in sheep's clothing.
A sheep in sheep's clothing.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
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.
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
But Esau's hands suit ill with Jacob's voice.
But Esau's hands suit ill with Jacob's voice.
The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the
honest man walks away and is silent.
[Fr., read more
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.]
Where the lion's skin falls short it must be eked out with the
fox's.
Where the lion's skin falls short it must be eked out with the
fox's.
