All 4 Uses of
deceit
in
Don Quixote
- Fraud, deceit, or malice had then not yet mingled with truth and sincerity.†
Chpt 1.11-12 *deceit = act of lying to or misleading someone
- Peace be with thee who hast sent war to me, and Heaven grant that the deceit of thy husband be ever hidden from thee, so that thou repent not of what thou hast done, and I reap not a revenge I would not have.†
Chpt 1.23-24
- these hands shall tear out that heart of thine, abode and dwelling of all iniquity, but of deceit and fraud above all;†
Chpt 1.23-24
- Some take the broad road of overweening ambition; others that of mean and servile flattery; others that of deceitful hypocrisy, and some that of true religion; but I, led by my star, follow the narrow path of knight-errantry, and in pursuit of that calling I despise wealth, but not honour.†
Chpt 2.31-32deceitful = misleading or not trustworthy
Definition:
the act of lying to or misleading someone