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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

practice to deceive

Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.

I think tangled web means (untidy web)

And also I know every other word in this sentence.

But I can't grasp what this sentence means.

Could you explain it, please?
  

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Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. As far as I understood the sentence: it is about persons who try to deceive for the first time. And in trying so they start to produce statements which are easily to be seen though.

— Case Assigner

  • Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.
  • As far as I understood the sentence: it is about persons who try to deceive for the first time.
  • And in trying so they start to produce statements which are easily to be seen though.
  • Because the first "lie" does not fit to the second, therefore a third one has to be uttered, then a fourth and so on.....
  • One lie follows the other and it becomes much harder to keep up the illusion of telling the truth....
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Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.

As far as I understood the sentence: it is about persons who try to deceive for the first time. And in trying so they start to produce statements which are easily to be seen though. Because the first "lie" does not fit to the second, therefore a third one has to be uttered, then a fourth and s
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Exactly, Case Assigner.

And then we become "like the spider, caught in her own web." We have spun so many lies to keep the first one looking like the truth that we are certain to be caught in one of them.
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Great, I have learned two interesting phrases today...... Emotion: smile Thx a lot
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"If you tell the truth, you won't have to remember what you said."
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User_garyOh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.

I think tangled web means (untidy web)

And also I know every other word in this sentence.

But I can't grasp what this sentence means.

Could you explain it, please?
"A tangled web" is a badly woven cloth, with many mistakes in it. So metaphorical
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It means that an inexperienced liar will often end up having to make up an increasingly complex and unlikely story to justify their initial falsehood if questioned.

'practice to decieve' means choose to lie and 'tangled web' is a metaphor for a complex set of linked lies or justifications.
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seriously? you obviously do not know every word in that sentence if you cannot piece together the real meaning. "critical thinking" look into it. but dude, its just whenever you start deceiving other people you understand how easy it is to manipulate but at the same time it`ll come back and kick you in the ***. it`s a very little righteous statement and i believe the underlying theme would be tha
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Please note the dates when replying to posts. The original question was asked nearly four years ago. The person who asked is probably not still waiting for an answer.
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It should be "practise" (verb) and not "practice" (noun)

sic
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Not in the US, it's not.
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