“You will laugh when you discover that I often had no scruples about deceiving nitwits and scoundrels and fools when I found it necessary. As for women, this sort of reciprocal deceit cancels itself out, for when love enters in, both parties are usually dupes” LoveDeceitInfatuationDupedDupe Book:History of My Life, Vols. I & II Source: History of My Life, Vols. I & II
“The couple were thus revealed to me clearly: both removed their cloaks, and there was ‘the Varens,’ shining in satin and jewels,—my gifts of course,—and there was her companion in an officer’s uniform; and I knew him for a young roué of a vicomte—a brainless and vicious youth whom I had sometimes met in society, and had never thought of hating because I despised him so absolutely. On recognising him, the fang of the snake Jealousy was instantly broken; because at the same moment my love for Céline sank under an extinguisher. A woman who could betray me for such a rival was not worth contending for; she deserved only scorn; less, however, than I, who had been her dupe.” JealousyJealousScornDupe Book:Jane Eyre Source: Jane Eyre
“The next time someone tries to make a bet with your ass, tell them to make that bet with their own.” WisdomUsedTrickedPlayedDupe Book:A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation Source: A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation