“Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something out of them, otherwise you'll come home to me with a full belly and an empty purse.” IfsMenWantHomeEmptySpreadGreat MenDeceitComing HomeThickFlatteryBellyDarlingPurses Book:The School of Whoredom Source: The School of Whoredom
“Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character. If anybody reports you not to be an honest man let your practice give him the lie.” IfsMenGivingCharacterLyingPracticeHonestIllReportsDeceitDishonestyHonest Man Author:Marcus Aurelius
“The life even of a just man is a round of petty frauds; that of a knave a series of greater. We degrade life by our follies and vices, and then complain that the unhappiness which is only their accompaniment is inherent in the constitution of things.” MenGreaterConstitutionSeriesRoundsVicesComplainingFollyDeceitUnhappinessFraudInherentPettyDegradeKnaves Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“Dissimulation creeps gradually into the minds of men.” MenMindDeceitCreeps Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero