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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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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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God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.

God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.

by Aeschylus Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
[Fr., On est aisement dupe par ce qu'on aime.]

One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
[Fr., On est aisement dupe par ce qu'on aime.]

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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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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.

by Al Sharpton Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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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.

by Sir Thomas Browne Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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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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We like to be deceived.

We like to be deceived.

by Blaise Pascal Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.

If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.

by Robert Burton Found in: Deceit Quotes,
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