It is politics to please and hoodwink those
Who flatter but despise us.

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Tag: politics virtue false-friends

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Folded hands may conceal a dagger --
Likewise a foe's tears.

Thiruvalluvar

Tag: virtue false-friends

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Make foes of bowmen if you must,
Never of penmen.

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Tag: writers virtue strategy

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Fame is a jealous mistress
And will brook no rival.

Thiruvalluvar

Tag: greatness virtue jealousy fame

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I never saw Death before, and now I see
That it is warring eyes in a woman's form.

Thiruvalluvar

Tag: love woman death

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