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The war on Iraq was a disaster, clearly carried out under false pretences. -- Joe Wilson
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method . . . of obtaining money by false pretences [by] "reading character" in the wrinkles [of] the hand. The pretence is not altogether false. . . for the wrinkles in every hand submitted plainly spell the word "dupe." -- Ambrose Bierce

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