I'll take thy word for faith, not ask thine oath;
Who shuns not to break one, will sure crack both. [ William Shakespeare ]

Death treads in pleasure's footsteps round the world,
When pleasure treads the paths which reason shuns. [ Young ]

Sure as night follows day,
Death treads in pleasure's footsteps round the world,
When pleasure treads the path which reason shuns. [ Young ]

The cunning man uses deceit, but the more cunning man shuns deception. [ Adam Ferguson ]

He is not worthy of the honeycomb That shuns the hive because the bees have stings. [ William Shakespeare ]

Death shuns the naked throat and proffered breast; he flies when called to be a welcome guest. [ Sir Charles Sedley ]

Man is nothing but insincerity, falsehood, and hypocrisy. He does not like to hear the truth, and he shuns telling it. [ Pascal ]