Knaves Quotes

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.

You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of conscience, both knaves and fools.

Conspiracies, since they cannot be engaged in without the fellowship of others, are for that reason most perilous; for as most men are either fools or knaves, we run excessive risk in making such folk our companions.

Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.