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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
[Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
[Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
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.
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.
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.
Had the devil come to our first parents personally and unmasked, they would have more easily seen the deception.
Had the devil come to our first parents personally and unmasked, they would have more easily seen the deception.
One may outwit another, but not all the others.
[Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non read more
One may outwit another, but not all the others.
[Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non pas plus fin
que tous les autres.]
The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm
The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
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.