Cheating is more honorable than stealing.
—German proverb
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Alongside all swindlers the state now stands there as swindler-in-chief.
—Jacob Burckhardt, c. 1875We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
—Tennessee Williams, 1953Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.
—Joseph Joubert, 1811There was no treachery too base for the world to commit.
—Virginia Woolf, 1927It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most.
—Marguerite Duras, 1987You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.
—Bill Clinton, 1996There is much difference between imitating a good man, and counterfeiting him.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1738Children and fools cannot lie.
—John Heywood, 1546If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.
—Mobutu Sese Seko, 1991