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 One may outwit another, but not all the others.
 [Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non read more 
 One may outwit another, but not all the others.
 [Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non pas plus fin 
que tous les autres.] 
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
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.
 Which I wish to remark--
 And my language is plain,--
  That for ways that are dark
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 Which I wish to remark--
 And my language is plain,--
  That for ways that are dark
   And for tricks that are vain,
    The heathen Chinee is peculiar. 
All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing read more
All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.
Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fastly misled us read more
Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fastly misled us as those that are not wholly wrong, as no timepieces so effectively deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.
Every crowd has a silver lining.
Every crowd has a silver lining.
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.