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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.
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.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure
Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
[Fr., On est aisement dupe par ce qu'on aime.]
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
[Fr., On est aisement dupe par ce qu'on aime.]
A sheep in sheep's clothing.
A sheep in sheep's clothing.
Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
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.
