“Man is naturally deceitful ever, in every way! ”

—  Aristophanés , The Birds

(tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, p. 326 http://books.google.com/books?id=Cm4NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA326)
Birds (414 BC)
Variant: Man naturally is deceitful, ever indeed, and always, in every one thing.

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