"Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true." - Demosthenes, Third Olynthiac

"You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time." - Abraham Lincoln, attributed

"Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways,
Are the children of Men."
- ARISTOPHANES, The Birds

"'Tis my opinion every man cheats in his way, and he is only honest who is not discovered." - SUSANNAH CENTLIVRE, The Artifice

"Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat,
When it's so lucrative to cheat."
- ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH, The Latest Decalogue

"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true." - NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, The Scarlet Letter

"It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver." - JEAN DE LA FONTAINE, Fables

"Eveything that deceives may be said to enchant." - PLATO, The Republic

"That which deceives us and does us harm, also undeceives us and does us good." - JOSEPH ROUX, Meditations of a Parish Priest

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive!"
- SIR WALTER SCOTT, Marmion

"Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well." - Butler, Samuel (1835-1902)

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." - Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881)

"He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying." - Montaigne, Michel de (1533-1592)

"O what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive!" - Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832) in 'Marmion', canto 6, st. 17 1808