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Aeschylus
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
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Bret Harte Francis Bret Harte
Which I wish to remark-- And my language is plain,-- That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar.
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Francis Bacon
There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the cat in the pan.
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Francois de la Noue Bras de Fer
The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the honest man walks away and is silent. Fr., Le bruit est pour le fat, la plainte pour le sot; L'honnete homme trompe s'eloigne et ne dit mot.
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Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
One may outwit another, but not all the others. Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non pas plus fin que tous les autres.
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Goldoni
Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them. It., Non mancano pretesti quando si vuole.
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Homer Smyrns of Chios
Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.
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Jean de la Bruyere
You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you? Fr., Vous le croyez votre dupe: s'il feint de l'etre, qui est plus dupe, de lui ou de vous?
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Jean de la Bruyere
We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood. Fr., On ne trompe point en bien; la fourberie ajoute la malice au mensonge.
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Jean de la Fontaine
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.
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Joanna Baillie
Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world But those who slide along the grassy sod, And sting the luckless foot that presses them? There are who in the path of social life Do bask their spotted skins in Fortune's sun, And sting the soul.
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