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Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
Every crowd has a silver lining.
Every crowd has a silver lining.
What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he
hid himself among women.
What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he
hid himself among women.
You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the
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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?]
A sheep in sheep's clothing.
A sheep in sheep's clothing.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
