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Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.
[Lat., Improbi hominis est mendacio fallere.]
It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.
[Lat., Improbi hominis est mendacio fallere.]
When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
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.
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 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.]
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.
The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm
The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm
