A bad forgery's the ultimate insult.

A bad forgery's the ultimate insult.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

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

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

All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar ... always tend to the decay of what they are devised read more

All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar ... always tend to the decay of what they are devised to support.

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

But truer stars did govern Proteus' birth;
His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles,
His love read more

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.

It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.

It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.

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

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.