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Cheating is more honorable than stealing. 

—German proverb

Alongside all swindlers the state now stands there as swindler-in-chief.

—Jacob Burckhardt, c. 1875

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

—Tennessee Williams, 1953

Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.

—Joseph Joubert, 1811

There was no treachery too base for the world to commit.

—Virginia Woolf, 1927

It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most.

—Marguerite Duras, 1987

You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.

—Bill Clinton, 1996

There is much difference between imitating a good man, and counterfeiting him.

—Benjamin Franklin, 1738

Children and fools cannot lie. 

—John Heywood, 1546

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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