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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.
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
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, read more
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.
It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.
One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph.
One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph.
Keep a cow, and the milk won't have to be watered but once.
Keep a cow, and the milk won't have to be watered but once.
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.
It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.
It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.
