It often happens both in courts and in cabinets, that there are two things going on together, a main plot, and an under plot; and he who understands only one of them, is liable to be the dupe of both. Unless he be conducting a counter plot, that will swallow up both.
Understanding only part of a scheme leaves one vulnerable to being deceived by it.
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