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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.
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.
But truer stars did govern Proteus' birth;
His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles,
His love read more
But truer stars did govern Proteus' birth;
His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles,
His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate,
His tears pure messengers sent from his heart,
His heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth.
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself
Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of no-marks, there is no fraud. read more
Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of no-marks, there is no fraud. Hence the Tathagata is to be seen from no-marks as marks.
It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.
It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.
It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.
It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.