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.

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

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.

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.

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.

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