Cheat Quotes - Page 22

• A man compounded of law and gospel is able to cheat a whole country with his religion and then destroy them under color of law

  Benjamin Franklin

  Country, Men, Color

  Benjamin Franklin, Walter Isaacson (2003). “A Benjamin Franklin Reader”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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• Not selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them. The man who cheats and lies, but preserves a respectable front. He knows himself to be dishonest, but others think he’s honest and he derives his self-respect from that, second-hand. The man who takes credit for an achievement which is not his own. He knows himself to be mediocre, but he’s great in the eyes of others.

  Ayn Rand

  Lying, Eye, Men

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.441, Penguin

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• Everybody dies; that's a fact. Sometimes it blindsides people. Sometimes people get a glimpse of the big picture and decide to cheat.

  Lurlene McDaniel

  People, Glimpse, Facts

  Lurlene McDaniel (2009). “Breathless”, p.138, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Cunning cheats itself wholly, and other people partially.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  People, Cunning

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• We cheat ourselves in order to enjoy a calm conscience without possessing virtue.

  Lambert of Maastricht

  Order, Calm, Virtue

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• A small lie, if it actually is a lie, condemns a man as much as a big and black falsehood. If a man will deliberately cheat to the amount of a single cent, give him opportunity and he would cheat to any amount.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Lying, Opportunity, Men

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• The cheat ambition, eager to espouse dominion, courts it with a lying show, and shines in borrowed pomp to serve a turn.

  Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey

  Lying, Ambition, Shining

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• The nearest we can come to) perfect happiness is to cheat ourselves with the belief that we have got it.

  Josh Billings

  Happiness, Perfect, Belief

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• Cheat? Good heavens, this is an amateur cricket match amongst leading prep schools, I'm an Englishman and a schoolmaster supposedly setting an example to his young charges. We are playing the most artistic and beautiful game ever devised. Of course I'll cunting well cheat. Now, give me my robe and put on my crown. I have immortal longings in me.

  Stephen Fry

  Beautiful, School, Games

  Stephen Fry (2010). “The Liar”, p.303, Random House

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• It's okay," he informs me. "Your grandfather is teaching me how to play poker." If I know Grandad, that means what he'll really be teaching Sam is how to cheat.

  Holly Black

  Teaching, Mean, Play

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

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• besides, how can you cheat a cheater?

  Christopher Paolini

  Cheater, Brisingr

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1615, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Magic is the cheat codes for the world.

  Warren Ellis

  Magic, World, Code

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• Every man knows that his highest purpose in life cannot be reduced to any particular relationship. If a man prioritizes his relationship over his highest purpose, he weakens himself, disserves the universe, and cheats his woman of an authentic man who can offer his full, undivided presence.

  David Deida

  Men, Purpose, Relationship Over

  David Deida (2008). “The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.26, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• You're a liar!" He turned around, his black eyes snapping. "I'm also a thief, a gambler, a cheat, and a murdered. But this happens to be one of the rare times when I'm telling the truth. Go home. Consider yourself lucky. You've got a chance to start fresh. Not everyone can say the same.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Liars, Home, Eye

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2011). “Silence”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough. --Augustus "Gus" McCrae

  Larry McMurtry

  Men, Gus, Want

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• People generally didn't cheat in good relationships.

  Emily Giffin

  Cheating, People, Good Relationship

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• I had been tricked once by that Cheat called love, but the Game was over.

  Daniel Defoe

  Games

  Daniel Defoe (2007). “Moll Flanders”, p.101, Book Jungle

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• to. I will trick you and deceive you, lie, cheat and steal to find you, tempt you out of your hiding place, and chase you until you have nowhere else to run. I make you this promise: your life is mine

  Marie Lu

  Running, Lying, Promise

  Marie Lu (2011). “Legend”, p.45, Penguin

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• The game of discontent has its rules, and he who disregards them cheats. It is not permitted to you to wish to add another's advantages or possessions to your own; you are permitted only to wish to be another.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Games, Wish, Add

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.1212, Delphi Classics

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• What would it be like to exist in a world without suffering? To have no needs, only desires? To be surrounded by so much beauty that you forget how ugly life is for everyone else? Who wouldn’t want that? Who wouldn’t be willing to fight for it? What the alumni did to get there – lie, cheat, steal, kill – I’m sure they’d all say it was worth it. And I bet they sleep soundly because they know that their nameless, faceless victims would have done the same thing.

  Kirsten Miller

  Lying, Sleep, Fighting

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