“We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised”
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Memoirs (trans. Machen 1894), book 1, Preface http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/c/casanova/c33m/preface2.html (We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised [...])
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Variant: We avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool, and the victory is worth the trouble.
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