Honesty is a beggar on crutches; roguery is a princess with a crown.
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Honesty is a beggar on crutches; roguery is a princess with a crown.
Source: tatoeba (5342213)
Sincerely I begin to wish I had never made such a Point of gaining so very good a character, for it has led me into so many curst Rogueries that I doubt I shall be exposed at last.
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