Quotes of Hoax - somelinesforyou

“ The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that. ”

- Pearl Bailey

“ Which I wish to remark - And my language is plain, - That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinese is peculiar. ”

- Bret Harte

“ Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration? - a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance. ”

- Jean Anouilh

“ Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. X-rays will prove to be a hoax. ”

- William Thomson

“ Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that don't have brains enough to be honest. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ We like to be deceived. ”

- Blaise Pascal

“ There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them. ”

- Charles Caleb Colton

“ If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled. ”

- Robert Burton

“ One is easily fooled by that which one loves. ”

- Moliere

“ All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar... always tend to the decay of what they are devised to support. ”

- Richard Whately
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