All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.
Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.
Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.
Men don't deceive their wives unless they love them. When they love them most, they deceive them. It's a form of fidelity, their deceit.
The truthful man is usually a liar.
Men lie the most. Men lie all the time.
Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.
In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people committed to high moral standards succumb.
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