What did Margery Allingham mean by: the old fellow seemed to spot deceit as if it reeked like a goat. - Margery Allingham Author · England Copy
+ Of all the band of personal traitors the sense of humor is the most dangerous. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margery Allingham, Band, Humor, Traitor, 0 - Margery Allingham Author · England
+ Good doctors get a mechanic’s pleasure in making you tick over. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margery Allingham, Doctors, Pleasure, 0 - Margery Allingham Author · England
+ If one cannot command attention by one’s admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margery Allingham, Attention, Quality, 0 - Margery Allingham Author · England
+ There are, fortunately, very few people who can say that they have actually attended a murder. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margery Allingham, Murder, 0 - Margery Allingham Author · England
You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you? Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We never deceive people to benefit them, for knavery is a compound of wickedness and falsehood. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It was amazing how it worked: the tiniest bit of truth made credible the greatest lies. - Jeffrey Eugenides Author
I know there is much mystery, much question to what happened, and I must also say, many lies. - Jennifer Capriati Tennis player
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified. - William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the honest man walks away and is silent. - Francois de la Noue
The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
