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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.

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We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to
falsehood.
[Fr., On ne trompe point en read more

We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to
falsehood.
[Fr., On ne trompe point en bien; la fourberie ajoute la malice
au mensonge.]

by Jean De La Bruyere Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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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.]

by Jean De La Fontaine Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the
greater dupe, he read more

You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the
greater dupe, he or you?
[Fr., Vous le croyez votre dupe: s'il feint de l'etre, qui est
plus dupe, de lui ou de vous?]

by Jean De La Bruyere Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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Hateful to me as are the gates of hell,
Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart,
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Hateful to me as are the gates of hell,
Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart,
Utters another.

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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!"

by John Hay Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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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.]

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But Esau's hands suit ill with Jacob's voice.

But Esau's hands suit ill with Jacob's voice.

by John Dryden Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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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.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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A sheep in sheep's clothing.

A sheep in sheep's clothing.

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