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In most cases men willingly believe what they wish.

—Julius Caesar, 52 BC

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

—Bill Clinton, 1996

Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.

—Plautus, c. 200 BC

And, after all, what is a lie? ’Tis but the truth in masquerade.

—Lord Byron, 1822

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

Cheating is more honorable than stealing. 

—German proverb

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

—Tennessee Williams, 1953

He that will cheat you at play, will cheat you any way.

—Thomas Fuller, 1732

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

—Marguerite Duras, 1987
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