Deceit

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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves
It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them
We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood
You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you?
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