“Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived.”
“Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.”
“No man was ever so much deceived by another as by himself.”
“One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.”
“…he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived.”
“that men, thinking to better their condition, are always ready to change masters, and in this expectation will take up arms against any ruler; wherein they deceive themselves, and find afterwards by experience that they are worse off than before.”