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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
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
But Esau's hands suit ill with Jacob's voice.
But Esau's hands suit ill with Jacob's voice.
The people wish to be deceived; let them be deceived.
[Lat., Populus vult decipi; decipiatur.]
The people wish to be deceived; let them be deceived.
[Lat., Populus vult decipi; decipiatur.]
Where the lion's skin falls short it must be eked out with the
fox's.
Where the lion's skin falls short it must be eked out with the
fox's.
He seemed
For dignity compos'd and high exploit:
But all was false and hollow.
He seemed
For dignity compos'd and high exploit:
But all was false and hollow.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
