#dupe

As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my country than will a party, who seek to acquire political power by exciting religious bigotry in the minds of their duped followers. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true. ↗

— Demosthenes

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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

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