a quicksand of deceit

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Roget 545: keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope" [Macbeth]; fronti nulla fides [Lat.]; ah that deceit should steal such gentle shapes" [Richard III]; a quicksand of deceit" [Henry VI]; decipimur specie recti [Lat.] [Horace]; falsi crimen [Lat.]; fraus est celare fraudem [Lat.]; lupus in fabula [Lat.]; so smooth, he daubed his vice with show of so smooth, he daubed his vice with show of virtue" [Richard III]. ... show more

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