If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.
—Mobutu Sese Seko, 1991
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In most cases men willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, 52 BCCheating is more honorable than stealing.
—German proverbAnd, after all, what is a lie? ’Tis but the truth in masquerade.
—Lord Byron, 1822Alongside all swindlers the state now stands there as swindler-in-chief.
—Jacob Burckhardt, c. 1875An honest man is all right even if he’s an idiot…but a crook must have brains.
—Maxim Gorky, 1902Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCHe that will cheat you at play, will cheat you any way.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732Honesty, for me, is usually the worst policy imaginable.
—Patricia Highsmith, 1960Men were born to lie, and women to believe them.
—John Gay, 1728