The Cost of Cunning and Its Fateful Reckoning
October reflections on moral justice compare cunning to honest wisdom, tracing how deceit harms society. Ancient tales from Egypt and Rome illustrate long legends of crime punished by fate, showing that secret schemes ultimately unravel a man's fortunes.
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Peru
Rhampsinitus
Egypt
Putin
Marey
Peng Tan
The Dublin Journal relates a chilling tale of murder and clever deceit
The narrative follows a cunning youth who murders his brother and leads a scheme to mislead a king, followed by a sequence of fear driven by imagination. It then shifts to moral reflections on fear and mortality with examples from Turkey and Ferrara, and ends with broader observations on creation and the wonders of the universe.
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Rhamfinitus
Ussaly
Metautelah
Adam
Shem
Metahlan
Lane
Shei
Amram
Moses
Jacob
Lampe
Isis Majesty
Ancher-Street
John Vanbrugh
Sera
Theatre Royal
His
Caile
Clonmell
Shenaghan
Mr. Long
Whitehaven
Scotland
Incorporated Society
Dublin
Ireland
Childrens
Killough
Down
Worths l. Res. Aid
Bailynahicch
Kilkenny
James Archbold
Dillon
Dilon
Maby
Carmen
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George Faulkner
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Tugspay
Phere
Italy
Nicolo
Ferrara
Padod
Padua