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Letter "D" » deceives
«That which deceives us and does us harm, also undeceives us and does us good»
«The zeal which begins with hypocrisy must conclude in treachery; at first it deceives, at last it betrays»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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at first, at last, betraying, betrays, conclude, concludes, concluding, deceives, hypocrisies, hypocrisy, treachery, zeal
«Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
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attempts, deceives, fortunes, middle-aged man
«Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.»
«We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us»
«Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
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commits, constitutes, deceives, diminution, fraud, injury, not guilty
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