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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.
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.
 You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the 
greater dupe, he read more 
 You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the 
greater dupe, he or you?
 [Fr., Vous le croyez votre dupe: s'il feint de l'etre, qui est 
plus dupe, de lui ou de vous?] 
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.
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.
 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. 
 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.] 
Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure
Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure