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Quotes About Deception

When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Fraud and deceit are anxious for your money. Be informed and prudent.
~ John Andreas Widtsoe
Of all the contrivances for cheating the laboring classes of mankind, none has been more effective than that which deludes them with paper money.
~ Daniel Webster
We have somehow deluded ourselves into thinking that wealth is wisdom
~ Harry Leslie Smith
Marrying a woman for her money is very much like setting a rat-trap, and baiting it with your own finger.
~ Josh Billings
Nothing lulls and inebriates like money; when you have a lot, the world seems a better place than it actually is.
~ Anton Chekhov
That's the worst thing about money - the moment you have some you begin to suspect everyone of trying to take it away from you. And usually they are.
~ Helen McCloy
The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
~ Tom Waits
When it comes to sexuality, people like to tell lies. It's only when it comes to money that they lie more.
~ Volkmar Sigusch
Money out of nothing is money that is eventually worth nothing.
~ Llewellyn Rockwell
When forging money, I had always salved my conscience by concluding that I was merely extending the lie of commerce.
~ Richard Flanagan
Well thank you, me old gobbler,' said Mr. Gum handing over some money that Billy William would later discover to be made out of lies and broken promises.
~ Andy Stanton
Time, money, etc... are human-made constructs. They are not real. They are completely made up.
~ Julia Hill
A bank is a confidence trick. If you put up the right signs, the wizards of finance themselves will come in and ask you to take their money.
~ Christina Stead
Flattery is false money, which would not be current were it not for our vanity.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Financiers live in a world of illusion. They count on something which they call the capital of the country, which has no existence.
~ George Bernard Shaw
Even money, which shines so much, spits sometimes.
~ Federico Garcia Lorca
When you catch yourself lying to your therapist, you know it's a waste of money.
~ Jay McInerney
Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money.
~ John Fogerty
The value of money is a scam perpetrated by those who have it over those who don't
~ Karen Joy Fowler
It's all about raising more money. And they have to keep this alive, so Hillary [Clinton] got cheated.
~ Rush Limbaugh
Did you ever think that if you told me where Bill's hiding his computer program, I would give you anything you asked for?"- Eric, club dead.
~ Charlaine Harris, Club Dead
I don't like bullshit and pretense.I can't enjoy the joy at church...without some cash in my wallet.
~ Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
New Golden Rule of Fractional Reserve Banking: He who creates the "fool's gold" controls the fools.
~ Orrin Woodward