The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC
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It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most.
—Marguerite Duras, 1987Children and fools cannot lie.
—John Heywood, 1546In most cases men willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, 52 BCAnd, after all, what is a lie? ’Tis but the truth in masquerade.
—Lord Byron, 1822If you find excrement somewhere in the village, the chief was the one who put it there.
—Congolese proverbYou can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.
—Bill Clinton, 1996Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth.
—Czeslaw Milosz, 1946There is much difference between imitating a good man, and counterfeiting him.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1738An honest man is all right even if he’s an idiot…but a crook must have brains.
—Maxim Gorky, 1902