A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, read more

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

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.

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

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

A bad forgery's the ultimate insult.

A bad forgery's the ultimate insult.

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 oneself

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself

It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.

It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.