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A sheep in sheep's clothing.
A sheep in sheep's clothing.
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.
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.
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
But Esau's hands suit ill with Jacob's voice.
But Esau's hands suit ill with Jacob's voice.
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.]
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.]
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.
