A Manifest Detection of Diceplay, Gilbert Walker (1550)
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
George Bernard Shaw
21 May 2007
Masquerade
The first originall ground of Cheating is, a counterfeit countenance in all things: a study to seem to be, & not to be in deed. And because no great deceit can be wrought but where special trust goes before, therefore the cheater when he pitches his hay to purchase his profit enforces all his wits to win credit & opinion of his honesty, and uprightness.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
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A good quotation from Mr Shaw there and one I've never heard before - thank you!
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