“It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are.”
O. Henry (1862–1910) American short story writer
"The Octopus Marooned"
The Gentle Grafter (1908)
“It is more dangerous to be a great prophet or poet than to promote twenty companies for swindling simple folk out of their savings.”
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1910s, Misalliance (1910)
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