If you find excrement somewhere in the village, the chief was the one who put it there.
—Congolese proverb
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Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1947The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCChildren and fools cannot lie.
—John Heywood, 1546In most cases men willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, 52 BCAlongside all swindlers the state now stands there as swindler-in-chief.
—Jacob Burckhardt, c. 1875There was no treachery too base for the world to commit.
—Virginia Woolf, 1927You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.
—Bill Clinton, 1996Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCWe have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
—Tennessee Williams, 1953