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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.
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.
Every crowd has a silver lining.
Every crowd has a silver lining.
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.]
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
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.
Which I wish to remark--
And my language is plain,--
That for ways that are dark
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Which I wish to remark--
And my language is plain,--
That for ways that are dark
And for tricks that are vain,
The heathen Chinee is peculiar.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
