He that will cheat you at play, will cheat you any way.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732
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The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCCheating is more honorable than stealing.
—German proverbIn most cases men willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, 52 BCYou can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.
—Bill Clinton, 1996It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most.
—Marguerite Duras, 1987An honest man is all right even if he’s an idiot…but a crook must have brains.
—Maxim Gorky, 1902If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.
—Mobutu Sese Seko, 1991Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCLife is the art of being well deceived.
—William Hazlitt, c. 1817Honesty, for me, is usually the worst policy imaginable.
—Patricia Highsmith, 1960Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1947There was no treachery too base for the world to commit.
—Virginia Woolf, 1927