Quotes About Trickery

He's the only man I ever knew who had rubber pockets so he could steal soup.

The most ingenious men continually pretend to condemn tricking--but this is often done that they may use it more conveniently themselves, when some great occasion or interest offers itself to them.

Once, I cut off a man's head, but he did not know it until he tried to brush his hair. Then it fell off.

The easiest way to steal a man's wallet is to tell him you're going to steal his watch.

You know, I used to warm the thermometer on the light bulb... I was really good at being sick. I could forge my mother's signature on a sick note so well I was hardly ever at school.

Three-fourths of philosophy and literature is the talk of people trying to convince themselves that they really like the cage they were tricked into entering.

Some topics seem to be nothing but philosophical circles designed to lure the unsuspecting ant to its death.

This blue one's a smart'un. See how he puffs out his gut so you won't cinch him tight? And then the saddle falls off later and you with it." Cloyd laughed. "Better not let him hear you . . ." "He thinks he's fooled us," Walter whispered. He turned away as if he was done, then winked and quickly cinched in a few more notches. "I wasn't born yesterday," he said.

Last time you bring me pie, I cut into it, with my tiny pie cutter, and millions of birds flew out hitting me in the eyes and the temples... it was a trick pie!

La selva era el mundo de la mentira, de la trampa, y del falso semblante; allí todo era disfraz, estratagema, juego de apariencias, metamorfosis.

Logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.

This is very clever. They have created a system to cheat.

Stop! Narcissus got to his feet. This is not right! This person is obviously not awesome, so he must be... He struggled for the right words. It had probably been a long time since he'd talked about anything other than himself. He must be tricking us. Apparently Narcissus wasn't completely stupid.

He was also the god of (take a deep breath) commerce, languages, thievery, cheeseburgers, trickery, eloquent speaking, feasts, cheeseburgers, hospitality, guard dogs, birds of omen, gymnastics, athletic competitions, cheeseburgers, cheeseburgers and telling fortunes with dice. Okay, I just tossed in the cheeseburgers to see if you were paying attention. Also, I'm hungry.

When strength doesn't work," Zeus said, trickery might.

Foolishness, sir. How can old wounds heal while maggots linger so richly? Or a peace hold for ever built on slaughter and a magician's trickery?

she likes a rigged game.

They fool me to the top of my bent.

Marry, this is miching mallecho; it means mischief.

For 'tis the sport to have the enginerHoist with his own petar.

The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief.

He uses his folly like a stalking horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit.

Springes to catch woodcocks.

Here comes the trout that must be caught with tickling.