Giacomo Casanova Quotes

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

We may employ artifice to deceive a rival, anything against our enemies.

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.

O, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive!

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

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

I was a good liar as a child.

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

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

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.

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

There can scarcely be a more difficult thing than to play a double game. It is dangerous, and it is at times, a nice point to draw the distinction between such a game and dishonor.

Figures won’t lie but liars will figure.

A liar often smiles subtly while telling a lie; it's an unconscious expression of his delight in getting away with a whopper.

I was one of the most brilliant liars as a child.

Great liars are also great magicians.

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

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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

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

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

For me, the facts in anything are always secondary. You don't lie convincingly with the truth. You lie convincingly with being a good liar.