“ There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the cat in the pan. ”
- Francis Bacon- Copy
- 4K
“ One may outwit another, but not all the others. ”
- Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld- Copy
- 2.9K
“ You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you? ”
- Jean de la Bruyere- Copy
- 3.1K
“ I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. ”
- Edith Wharton- Copy
- 1.3K
“ One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground. ”
- Baltasar Gracian- Copy
- 2K
“ Having chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts. ”
- Abraham Lincoln- Copy
- 835
“ Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 205
“ It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. ”
- Noel Coward- Copy
- 1.1K
“ The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others. ”
- Pierre Charron- Copy
- 2.3K
“ When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
- 3.5K
“ It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. ”
- William Makepeace Thackeray- Copy
- 2.9K
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