There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not…

Charles Caleb Colton
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There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.60
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