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			 All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar ... always tend to the decay of what they are devised read more 
	 All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar ... always tend to the decay of what they are devised to support. 
		
 
	
			 Some cursed fraud
 Of enemy hath beguiled thee, yet unknown,
  And me with thee hath ruined.  
	 Some cursed fraud
 Of enemy hath beguiled thee, yet unknown,
  And me with thee hath ruined. 
		
 
	
			 A bad forgery's the ultimate insult.  
	 A bad forgery's the ultimate insult. 
		
 
	
			 The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself  
	 The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself 
		
 
	
			 For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame  
	 For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame 
		
 
	
			 The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly read more 
	 The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence. 
		
 
	
			 Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
 The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply,
  Discovered in read more 
	 Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
 The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply,
  Discovered in his fraud, thrown from his hope. 
		
 
	
			 The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.  
	 The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. 
		
 
	
			 Keep a cow, and the milk won't have to be watered but once.  
	 Keep a cow, and the milk won't have to be watered but once.