W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.

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

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.

Deception is everywhere.

In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.

You can fool some of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time. That’s usually enough.

For all the criticism of me, there's one thing you won't hear anybody say, and that's that I've pulled the wool over anyone's eyes.

The world loves to be deceived.

The whole world is run on bluff.

I wouldn't know how to fool a man any more. My deceiving days seem so long ago.

Lying does exist in crazy forms.

John McCain... looks like a fraud to me.

My opinion is that he's a swindler and you're a sucker.

I've been fooling the public for years and I'm really good at it.

I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.

Great liars are also great magicians.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.