Applaud the man who cheats a cheater.
—Italian Proverb
If you dig a pit for others, you might fall into it yourself!
—Italian Proverb
So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
—William S. Burroughs (1914–97) American Novelist, Poet, Short Story Writer, Painter
One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one’s triumph.
—Franz Kafka (1883–1924) Austrian Novelist, Short Story Writer
Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913) American Short-story Writer, Journalist
You set a goal to be the best and then you work hard every hour of every day, striving to reach that goal. If you allow yourself to settle for anything less than number one, you are cheating yourself.
—Don Shula (1930–2020) American Football Coach
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.
—Anatole France (1844–1924) French Novelist
Nothing resembles an honest man more than a cheat.
—French Proverb
To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity
—Soren Kierkegaard (1813–55) Danish Philosopher, Theologian
The losses as well as the prizes must be drawn from the cheating lottery of life.
—Unknown
He who has never been cheated, cannot be a good businessman.
—Chinese Proverb
The cheat always lies at the feet of the cheated.
—Italian Proverb
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one’s self. All sin is easy after that.
—Philip James Bailey (1816–1902) English Poet
He that’s cheated twice by the same man is an accomplice with the cheater.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
One knife will not cut another knife; one cheat will not cheat another cheat.
—African Proverb
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
They are most cheated who cheat themselves.
—Danish Proverb
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
—Sophocles (495–405 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
The first time you cheat me, be ashamed. The second time it is I who must be ashamed.
—Chinese Proverb
No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn’t blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won’t cheat, then you know he never will.
—John D. MacDonald (1916–86) American Novelist, Short Story Writer
In business partnerships and marriage partnerships, oh, the cheating that goes on.
—U.S. Proverb
He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a knave who wishes to cheat me.
—Chinese Proverb
Cheat the earth and the earth will cheat you.
—Chinese Proverb
Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
—Andrew V. Mason
God cheats men into living on by hiding how blest it is to die
—Lucian (c.120–c.200 CE) Greek Satirist, Rhetorician, Writer
If you don’t want to be cheated, ask the price at three shops.
—Chinese Proverb
To cheat a man is nothing; but the woman must have fine parts, indeed, who cheats a woman.
—John Gay (1685–1732) English Poet, Dramatist
He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God.
—Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801) Swiss Theologian, Poet