One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground
Baltasar GracianKnow what is evil, no matter how worshipped it may be. Let the man of sense not mistake it, even when clothed in brocade, or at times crowned in gold, because it cannot thereby hide its hypocrisy, for slavery does not lose its infamy, however noble the master.
Baltasar Gracian