The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself

So glistered the dire Snake, and into fraud
Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree
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So glistered the dire Snake, and into fraud
Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree
Of Prohibition, root of all our woe.

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.

It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.

It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.

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.

It is fraud to conceal fraud

It is fraud to conceal fraud

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

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.