The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself

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

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

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

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.

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.

But truer stars did govern Proteus' birth;
His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles,
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But truer stars did govern Proteus' birth;
His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles,
His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate,
His tears pure messengers sent from his heart,
His heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth.

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

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.