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Phr. 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...
However, the word originated earlier, and we found two examples in the Sòng dynasty Zhūzǐ yǔlèi 朱子語類: “[As for] reading books, there is no other method, solely be concerned about reading, and that’s the [right] method. It is just like a foolish person, waiting around/...