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.]

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.

The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm

The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm

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.]

Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world
But those who slide along the grassy sod,
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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.

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

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

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.

The angel answer'd, "Nay, said soul; go higher!
To be deceived in your true heart's desire
Was read more

The angel answer'd, "Nay, said soul; go higher!
To be deceived in your true heart's desire
Was bitterer than a thousand years of fire!"

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.