Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1947
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Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth.
—Czeslaw Milosz, 1946Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.
—Joseph Joubert, 1811You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.
—Bill Clinton, 1996We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
—Tennessee Williams, 1953Anyone who’s never experienced the pleasure of betrayal doesn’t know what pleasure is.
—Jean Genet, 1986Men were born to lie, and women to believe them.
—John Gay, 1728In most cases men willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, 52 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, 1960