A Quote by W. C. Fields

You can't cheat an honest man.

W. C. Fields

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Cheat Honest Honest Man Man

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W. C. Fields
American - Comedian
January 29, 1880 - December 25, 1946

You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him.

Confucius

You can always cheat an honest man, but it takes more work.

Neil Gaiman

A rich man is an honest man--no thanks to him; for he would be a double knave, to cheat mankind when he had no need of it: he has no occasion to press upon his integrity, nor so much as to touch upon the borders of dishonesty.

Daniel Defoe

If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.

Paulo Coelho

We’re flimflam artists. But remember, sonny, you can’t con people unless they’re greedy to begin with. W. C. Fields had it right. You can’t cheat an honest man.

Sidney Sheldon

A small lie, if it actually is a lie, condemns a man as much as a big and black falsehood. If a man will deliberately cheat to the amount of a single cent, give him opportunity and he would cheat to any amount.

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Conscience is a judge in every man's breast, which none can cheat or corrupt, and perhaps the only incorrupt thing about him; yet, inflexible and honest as this judge is (however polluted the bench on which he sits), no man can, in my opinion, enjoy any applause which is not there adjudged to be his due.

Henry Fielding

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.

Mother Teresa

Just like my Uncle Charlie used to say, just before he sprung the trap: He said, "You can't cheat and honest man! Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump!

W. C. Fields

Honest, I only cheat a leetle.

Max Malini

There's so many different ways to cheat. People think infidelity is the way to cheat. I think it's sometimes far worse to emotionally cheat on somebody.

Sandra Bullock

There are definitely some people who cheat, but how come we're only focusing on people who are on welfare who cheat, and not the bank presidents who cheat?