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 bad forgery's the ultimate insult.

A bad forgery's the ultimate insult.

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.

It is fraud to conceal fraud

It is fraud to conceal fraud

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.

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.

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.

Some cursed fraud
Of enemy hath beguiled thee, yet unknown,
And me with thee hath ruined.

Some cursed fraud
Of enemy hath beguiled thee, yet unknown,
And me with thee hath ruined.