Dupes Quotes

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Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens. — William Beveridge
We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and… — Giacomo Casanova
When the spirit is not master of the world, then it is its dupe. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of… — Ambrose Bierce
Dishonesty is the raw material not of quacks only, but also in great part dupes. — Thomas Carlyle
The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots. — Elbridge Gerry
I expect we shall be told, that the Militia of the country is its natural bulwark, and would be at all times equal to the… — Alexander Hamilton
Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and importers led by Paul, the first great… — Thomas Jefferson
War is the gambling table of governments, and citizens the dupes of the game. — Thomas Paine
The human heart has so many crannies where vanity hides, so many holes where falsehood works, is so decked out with deceiving hypocrisy, that it… — John Calvin
Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and is lending oneself to the universal illusion without becoming its dupe. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Robert Pattinson has the face of a film-noir dupe. It's a face that is searching and open and kind. It's a face that a certain… — Wesley Morris
We only make a dupe of the friend whose advice we ask, for we never tell him all; and it is usually what we have… — Diane de Poitiers
Men are such dupes by choice, that he who would impose upon others never need be at a loss to find ready victims. — Honore de Balzac
As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe… — Giacomo Casanova
I did not go to the Supreme Court on behalf of a class of women. I wasn't pursuing any legal remedy to my unwanted pregnancy.… — Norma McCorvey
If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars. — Arthur Hugh Clough
I love advertising because I love lying. I think spending your life trying to dupe innocent people out of hard-won earnings to buy useless, low-quality,… — Jerry Seinfeld
The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It has only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican. But their virtuous feelings… — Thomas Jefferson
PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method . . . of obtaining money by false pretences [by] "reading character" in the wrinkles [of] the hand. The pretence… — Ambrose Bierce

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