#dupe

If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars. ↗

— Arthur Hugh Clough

#fears #hopes #liars #may #were

The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through the ages is comedy. ↗

— Dawn Powell

#always #burlesque #comedy #dupe #fox

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 each other. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#dupe #each #general #general rule #love

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#deceives #despises #dupe #himself #hypocrite