The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.

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 oneself

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth

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.

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.

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

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.

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