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The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they read more
The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them and they make us despair in losing them.
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm
The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm
It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and read more
It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality.
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
 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.] 
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That read more
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world calls a romance.
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.