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She is smart where Lorelei is brainless; grown-up where Lorelei is juvenile; wisecracking where Lorelei is breathy; straightforward where Lorelei is dissembling.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2011

But then, with such a man all is dissembling, and art entirely absorbs nature.

From Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller by Schiller, Friedrich

Not a squinting eye now looks this way, Not a slanderous mouth is dissembling, And a heart that has slept the livelong day May now love and hope with trembling.

From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various