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 It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.
 [Lat., Improbi hominis est mendacio fallere.]  
 It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.
 [Lat., Improbi hominis est mendacio fallere.] 
 The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the 
honest man walks away and is silent.
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 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.] 
 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. 
 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.] 
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.
 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. 
 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. 
 We are never deceived, we deceive ourselves.
 [Ger., Man wird betrogen, man betrugt sich selbst.]  
 We are never deceived, we deceive ourselves.
 [Ger., Man wird betrogen, man betrugt sich selbst.] 
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.