#confound

Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

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The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death. ↗

— Henry Miller

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Drama is action, sir, action and not confounded philosophy. ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

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The attempt and not the deed confounds us. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court. ↗

— William Wycherley

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You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art. ↗

— Kit Williams

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Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries. ↗

— Henry Wotton

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The confounding Political Economy with the Sciences and Arts to which it is subservient, has been one of the principal obstacles to its improvement. ↗

— Nassau William Senior

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A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house. ↗

— Aeschylus

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A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. ↗

— Aristotle

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