Quotes about deception

The deceived has the better of the deceiver.

He who is wicked and held to be good, can cheat because no one imagines he would.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

I’ve never had the slightest interest in matters of the occult. People have been repeating the same kinds of fraud throughout the world since the beginning of time, using the same old tricks, and still these despicable fakes continue to thrive. That is because most people believe not so much in truth as in things they wish were the truth. Their eyes may be wide open, but they don’t see a thing. Tricking them is as easy as twisting a baby’s arm.

In the old words of wisdom, you can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, and that’s usually enough to get by.

A new racket, probably. A depression breeds rackets as a swamp breeds mosquitoes.

Here's the rule for bargains — 'Do other men, for they would do you.' That's the true business precept. All others are counterfeits.

"Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else."

Know what you’re doing and you’ll never need to cheat.

There was no pleasure like double-crossing a crook.

The fact was that American enterprise in the twenties had opened its hospitable arms to an exceptional number of promoters, grafters, swindlers, impostors, and frauds.

You can't con people, at least not for long. You can create excitement, you can do wonderful promotion and get all kinds of press, and you can throw in a little hyperbole. But if you don't deliver the goods, people will eventually catch on.