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Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.
The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.
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.
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.]
The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the
honest man walks away and is silent.
[Fr., read more
The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the
honest man walks away and is silent.
[Fr., Le bruit est pour le fat, la plainte pour le sot;
L'honnete homme trompe s'eloigne et ne dit mot.]
Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks read more
Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
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.
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.
