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Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure
Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure
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.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.
Where the lion's skin falls short it must be eked out with the
fox's.
Where the lion's skin falls short it must be eked out with the
fox's.
There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the
cat in the pan.
There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the
cat in the pan.
The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.
The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.
a lot of elephants are running around with donkey jackets
in the Democratic Party.
a lot of elephants are running around with donkey jackets
in the Democratic Party.
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.
The people wish to be deceived; let them be deceived.
[Lat., Populus vult decipi; decipiatur.]
The people wish to be deceived; let them be deceived.
[Lat., Populus vult decipi; decipiatur.]
