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The people wish to be deceived; let them be deceived.
[Lat., Populus vult decipi; decipiatur.]
The people wish to be deceived; let them be deceived.
[Lat., Populus vult decipi; decipiatur.]
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.
The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.
For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.
For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.
The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.
The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.
It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and read more
It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality.
Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
