Cheating is more honorable than stealing.
—German proverb
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Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1947There is much difference between imitating a good man, and counterfeiting him.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1738Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.
—Joseph Joubert, 1811If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.
—Mobutu Sese Seko, 1991Honesty, for me, is usually the worst policy imaginable.
—Patricia Highsmith, 1960Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth.
—Czeslaw Milosz, 1946Children and fools cannot lie.
—John Heywood, 1546The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCMen were born to lie, and women to believe them.
—John Gay, 1728