Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply,
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Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply,
Discovered in his fraud, thrown from his hope.

So glistered the dire Snake, and into fraud
Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree
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So glistered the dire Snake, and into fraud
Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree
Of Prohibition, root of all our woe.

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

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

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

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.