The slave who defraudshis master of his service, or the master who defrauds his slave of his reward?
In the other case, he defrauds his neighbor of some dollars and cents, and the indignant community demands his condign punishment!
Thus shall we guard ourselves against abuse of God's name, against false worship and false trust and that presumption of self-holiness which pollutes and defrauds the spirit.
When one defrauds another or seeks his own advantage to the injury of others, his act is not at all called sin, but cleverness, economy and sagacity, though meanwhile the poor must suffer want and even die of hunger.
If one defrauds you, and exults at it, he is the most to be pitied of human beings.
So far as I can make out itdefrauds everyone it can, and when it's caught doesn't even apologise.
In this sense, he who actually gives an alms is more deserving than he who really desires to give but is unable; and he who really defrauds is more reprehensible than he who wishes to defraud but cannot.
A fraudulent debtor is, I take it, a man who, having ample means over and above the reasonable necessities of himself and his family, conceals them or places them in fictitious names and then defrauds his debtor and refuses to pay him.
I should quite agree that if a man defrauds a tradesman by lying promises or cheating he should be punished, but imprisonment should be for fraud, not, as it is now, for poverty.
That is, defrauds me of the prize allotted me by their votes.
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