Cheat Quote by Samuel Johnson

Honesty is the mother of confidence; it unites, combines and solidifies society. Dishonesty is disintegration; it destroys confidence; it brings social chaos. . . .

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Deceit is the false road to happiness; and all the joys we travel through to vice, like fairy banquets, vanish when we touch them.

— Aaron Hill

Cheats easily believe others as bad as themselves; there is no deceiving them, nor do they long deceive.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Deception is a sort of seduction. In love and war, adultery and espionage, deceit can only succeed if the deceived party is willing, in…

— Ben Macintyre

Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

“philosophers have noted that people who habitually deceive finally fall for their own deceptions. This is the well-known phenomenon that confidence artists appeal to…

— Joseph Agassi

Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure

— Proverb

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the deceit; trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: to-morrow's…

— John Dryden

Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived. The truth is too complex and frightening; the taste for the truth is an acquired…

— Walter Kaufmann

One does not deceive oneself about the consequences of one's acts; one deceives oneself about the ease with which one can live with those…

— Anonymous

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.

— John Dryden

“honesty and dishonesty are based on a mixture of two very different types of motivation. On the one hand, we want to benefit from…

— Dan Ariely