Cheating is more honorable than stealing.
—German proverb
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There is much difference between imitating a good man, and counterfeiting him.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1738Life is the art of being well deceived.
—William Hazlitt, c. 1817If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.
—Mobutu Sese Seko, 1991It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most.
—Marguerite Duras, 1987Someone 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 BCThere was no treachery too base for the world to commit.
—Virginia Woolf, 1927And, after all, what is a lie? ’Tis but the truth in masquerade.
—Lord Byron, 1822Children and fools cannot lie.
—John Heywood, 1546