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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.
Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
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.]
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That read more
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world calls a romance.
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.
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them.
[It., Non mancano pretesti quando si vuole.]
Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them.
[It., Non mancano pretesti quando si vuole.]
The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm
The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm
