“A picture is something which requires as much knavery, trickery, and deceit as the perpetration of a crime. Paint falsely, and then add the accent of nature.Edgar Degas
“Politicians are the same all over: they promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
“No lie you can speak or act but it will come, after longer or shorter circulation, like a bill drawn on Nature’s Reality, and be presented there for payment—with the answer, No effects.Thomas Carlyle
“You have undertaken to cheat me. I won’t sue you, for the law is too slow. I’ll ruin you.Cornelius Vanderbilt
“The public appears disposed to be amused even when they are conscious of being deceived.P. T. Barnum
“Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.Criss Jami