He that will cheat you at play, will cheat you any way.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732
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Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1947Anyone who’s never experienced the pleasure of betrayal doesn’t know what pleasure is.
—Jean Genet, 1986Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.
—Joseph Joubert, 1811In most cases men willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, 52 BCThe poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCAn honest man is all right even if he’s an idiot…but a crook must have brains.
—Maxim Gorky, 1902Men were born to lie, and women to believe them.
—John Gay, 1728Children and fools cannot lie.
—John Heywood, 1546Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
—Plautus, c. 200 BC