It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most.
—Marguerite Duras, 1987Quotes
He that will cheat you at play, will cheat you any way.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732An honest man is all right even if he’s an idiot…but a crook must have brains.
—Maxim Gorky, 1902In most cases men willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, 52 BCAnyone who’s never experienced the pleasure of betrayal doesn’t know what pleasure is.
—Jean Genet, 1986Life is the art of being well deceived.
—William Hazlitt, c. 1817Cheating is more honorable than stealing.
—German proverbYour piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCThe poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCMen were born to lie, and women to believe them.
—John Gay, 1728Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1947If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.
—Mobutu Sese Seko, 1991If you find excrement somewhere in the village, the chief was the one who put it there.
—Congolese proverb