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Cheating is more honorable than stealing. 

—German proverb

Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.

—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1947

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

—Benjamin Franklin, 1738

Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.

—Joseph Joubert, 1811

If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.

—Mobutu Sese Seko, 1991

Honesty, for me, is usually the worst policy imaginable.

—Patricia Highsmith, 1960

Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth.

—Czeslaw Milosz, 1946

Children and fools cannot lie. 

—John Heywood, 1546

The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.

—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC

Men were born to lie, and women to believe them.

—John Gay, 1728
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