Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1947Quotes
And, after all, what is a lie? ’Tis but the truth in masquerade.
—Lord Byron, 1822Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.
—Joseph Joubert, 1811Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCHonesty, for me, is usually the worst policy imaginable.
—Patricia Highsmith, 1960If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.
—Mobutu Sese Seko, 1991There was no treachery too base for the world to commit.
—Virginia Woolf, 1927Cheating is more honorable than stealing.
—German proverbThere is much difference between imitating a good man, and counterfeiting him.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1738Anyone who’s never experienced the pleasure of betrayal doesn’t know what pleasure is.
—Jean Genet, 1986He that will cheat you at play, will cheat you any way.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.
—Bill Clinton, 1996In most cases men willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, 52 BC