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He seemed
For dignity compos'd and high exploit:
But all was false and hollow.
He seemed
For dignity compos'd and high exploit:
But all was false and hollow.
The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they read more
The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them and they make us despair in losing them.
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
The angel answer'd, "Nay, said soul; go higher!
To be deceived in your true heart's desire
Was read more
The angel answer'd, "Nay, said soul; go higher!
To be deceived in your true heart's desire
Was bitterer than a thousand years of fire!"
There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the
cat in the pan.
There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the
cat in the pan.
Where the lion's skin falls short it must be eked out with the
fox's.
Where the lion's skin falls short it must be eked out with the
fox's.
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm
The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm
