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For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.
For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.
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.]
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.
It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving, wherein
men find pleasure to be deceived.
It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving, wherein
men find pleasure to be deceived.
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.
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.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
A sheep in sheep's clothing.
A sheep in sheep's clothing.
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.
