“A thorough-paced knave will rarely quarrel with one whom he can cheat: his revenge is plunder; therefore he is usually the most forgiving of beings, upon the principle that if he come to an open rupture, he must defend himself; and this does not suit a man whose vocation it is to keep his hands in the pocket of another.” IfsMenDoeHandsPrinciplesForgivingRevengeSuitsPocketsCheatVocationQuarrelsThoroughPlunderKnavesRuptureKnavery Book:Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“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