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Beware, beware! he’ll cheat ’ithout scruple, who can without fear.
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1743 ed.)
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Fuller (1725).
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Topics: cheat, cheater, cheating, conscience, criminal, deceit, fear, fraud, get away with, guilt, human nature, opportunity, risk, risk assessment, risk-taking, scruple, shame
More quotes by Franklin, Benjamin The certain way to be cheated is to fancy one’s self more cunning than others.

Pierre Charron (1541–1603) French Catholic theologian and philosopher
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Quoted in John Timbs, Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, vol. 3, #308 (1829)
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Topics: cheat, cheater, con artist, ego, fool, meme, over-confidence, scam
More quotes by Charron, Pierre Take heed: Most Men will cheat without Scruple where they can do it without Fear.
Thomas Fuller (1654–1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 525 (1725)
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Topics: cheat, cheater, cheating, conscience, criminal, deceit, fear, fraud, get away with, guilt, human nature, opportunity, risk, risk assessment, risk-taking, scruple, shame
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