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Deceit Quotes by John Milton
- It was the winter wild, While the Heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies.
- Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks and rivers wide Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies,…
- The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine,…
- The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.
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- Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. — Jane Austen
- Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. — Francis Bacon
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