swindler-century

Updated: June 3, 2025

I am a swindler-century, and have long been, having learned the trick of it from my father and grandfather; knowing hardly any trade but that in false bills, which I thought foolishly might last forever, and still bring at least beef and pudding to the favored of mankind. And behold it ends; and I am a detected swindler, and have nothing even to eat.

Thomas Carlyle - History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 01