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"Forewarn me, prince, on the morning of the day, and I will give thee the evening password; Thou wilt be admitted. Only betray neither me nor thyself," said the Phoenician, with a kindly smile. "Men never pardon betrayal of their secrets, though gods pardon sometimes." He bowed, raised his eyes and hands, while he whispered a blessing. "Deceivers!" cried the prince.
"But we don't know him, my dear papa," faintly ejaculated that young lady. There are so many deceivers in this world," added the Princess, in tears, "that one can't be too cautious now." The fact is, that she was thinking of the desertion of Otto in the morning; by which instance of faithlessness her heart was wellnigh broken.
The captain, notwithstanding, desirous of bringing some token from thence of his being there, was greatly discontented that he had not before apprehended some of them; and, therefore, to deceive the deceivers, he wrought a pretty policy.
"All who call themselves Christians deserve not the name, Astrid; some are hypocrites and deceivers, others are foolish and easily deceived." "They all make the same profession, I am told," said Dame Astrid.
Barbosa, on the other hand, who saw them at Malacca about 1660, says: "They are a people of great ingenuity, very subtle in all their dealings; very malicious, great deceivers, seldom speaking the truth; prepared to do all manner of wickedness, and ready to sacrifice their lives." The intellect of the Malay race seems rather deficient.
"Have you found out anything more about him?" "No, I have not. Is there any mystery connected with him?" "I think there is. I have an indistinct kind of feeling that both he and the Egyptian are deceivers, while I am sure that Mr. Voltaire is is your enemy." "I have no doubt he is," I said. She looked at me strangely.
It is often said in apology for such persons, that they are, after all, sincere; that they are deceived rather than deceivers; that they do not ask others to adopt opinions which they have not heartily accepted themselves; but apply to this reasoning the principle that I have been endeavouring to illustrate from the life of Watt, and we shall find, I think, that the excuse is, in most cases, but a sorry one, if, indeed, it be any excuse at all.
“Even when Epictetus had discovered the right way, he could only say to man, ‘You follow a wrong one.’ He shows that there is another, but he does not lead to it. . . . Jesus Christ alone leads to it—via, veritas. “The apostles were either deceived or deceivers; either supposition is full of difficulty.
Only one answer is 'psychologically' reasonable: they at last believed because they saw. It is incredible that they were conscious deceivers; for such lives as they lived, and such a gospel as they preached, never came from liars.
I will take that pretty cottage at Ryebank for the summer, and Mr. Selden and his friend shall visit us there. No one knows us in the place, and I will take none of the servants with me." "Well?" "Then, Clementine, you are to be the widow Clare, and I your poor friend and companion." "Good! very good! 'The Fair Deceivers' an excellent comedy. How I shall snub you, Fan!
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