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I lie, I cheat, and I steal.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves.

Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.