God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.

You think you know these people but you forget the world is full of actors and the world is their stage

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women.

One is easily fooled by that which one loves. [Fr., On est aisement dupe par ce qu'on aime.]