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.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.

It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.

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.

So glistered the dire Snake, and into fraud
Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree
Of read more

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

A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.

A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.

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.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

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.