Sayings about Cheating
In business partnerships and marriage partnerships; the cheating that goes on. ~ American Proverbs
One knife will not cut another knife; one cheat will not cheat another cheat. ~ Congolese Proverbs
He, who has never been cheated, cannot be a good businessman. ~ Chinese Proverb
They are most cheated who cheat themselves. ~ Danish Proverb
Cheat me with the price, but not with the goods I buy. ~ Spanish Proverbs
If you don’t want to be cheated, ask the price at three shops. ~ Chinese Proverb
The wise man will be cheated only once. ~ Finnish Proverbs
The world likes to be cheated. ~ Dutch Proverbs
A woman with two husbands cheats both. ~ Portuguese Proverbs
The eyes of all cheats are full of tears. ~ Bosnian Proverbs
The first time you cheat me, be ashamed. The second time it is I who must be ashamed. ~ Chinese Proverb
Nothing resembles an honest man more than a cheat. ~ French Proverb
Cheat the earth and the earth will cheat you. ~ Chinese Proverb
When the danger is past God is cheated. ~ Italian Proverb
A woman has even cheated the devil. ~ Maltese Proverbs
The cheat always lies at the feet of the cheated. ~ Italian Proverb
If you dig a pit for others, you might fall into it yourself! ~ Italian Proverb
Applaud the man who cheats a cheater. ~ Italian Proverbs
Quotations about Cheating
Cheating is the receiving of a reward for ability or finding an easy way out of an unpleasant situation by dishonest means. ~ More about cheating
Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale. ~ Samuel Johnson
All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy. ~ Scott Alexander
If you don’t quit, and don’t cheat, and don’t run home when trouble arrives, you can only win. ~ Shelley Long
Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. ~ Ambrose Bierce
Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price. ~ Napoleon Hill
There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant. ~ Anatole France
When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit. ~ John Dryden
‘Tis my opinion every man cheats in his way, and he is only honest who of discovered. ~ Susannah Centlivre
It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
To cheat a man is nothing; but the woman must have fine parts, indeed, who cheats a woman. ~ John Gay
Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat… the redeeming things are not “happiness and pleasure” but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
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
Never lie, never cheat, never steal.~ John Wooden
The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you’re an artist. ~ Max Jacob
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. Madson
‘Tis my opinion every man cheats in his way, and he is only honest who of discovered. ~ Susannah Centlivre
Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious. ~ B.C. Forbes
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. ~ Samuel Johnson
Don’t steal; thou it never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat. ~ Ambrose Bierce
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating. ~ Sophocles
No man is more cheated than the selfish man. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
In athletics there’s always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you’re not cheating. I think that’s just a quirk of human nature. ~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
He that’s cheated twice by the same man is an accomplice with the cheater. ~ Thomas Fuller
Don’t be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. ~ Henry David Thoreau
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one’s self. All sin is easy after that. ~ Pearl Bailey
Grant me profits only, grant me the joy of profit made, and see to it that I enjoy cheating the buyer! ~ Ovid
The losses as well as the prizes must be drawn from the cheating lottery of life. ~ Author Unknown
Competition can damage self-esteem, create anxiety, and lead to cheating and hurt feelings. But so can romantic love. ~ Mariah Burton Nelson
No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe. ~ Jackie Mason
The intention of cheating no one lays us open to being cheated ourselves.~ François La Rochefoucauld
Cheating in school is a form of self-deception. We go to school to learn. We cheat ourselves when we coast on the efforts and scholarship of someone else. ~ James E. Faust
I win on my merits; my opponents win by cheating.~ Mason Cooley
It’s my opinion every man cheats in his way, and he is only honest who of discovered. ~ Susannah Centlivre
Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth. ~ Laura Riding Quote
The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others. ~ Pierre Charron
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad. ~ Salvador Dali
If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying. ~ Eddie Guerrero
