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A sheep in sheep's clothing.
A sheep in sheep's clothing.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
But Esau's hands suit ill with Jacob's voice.
But Esau's hands suit ill with Jacob's voice.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who
are accused, shall be a delusion, a read more
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who
are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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.
We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to
falsehood.
[Fr., On ne trompe point en read more
We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to
falsehood.
[Fr., On ne trompe point en bien; la fourberie ajoute la malice
au mensonge.]
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the
people some of the read more
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the
people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people
all of the time.
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.