Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Cheat, Cheating

A skilful cheat does not fear the open eye.German.

A skilful cheat needs no assistant.German.

Cheating is more honorable than stealing.German.

Cheating is the chapman’s cart and plough.German.

Cheating play never thrives.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods.

Doubtless the pleasure is as great
Of being cheated as to cheat.Butler.

He is most cheated who cheats himself.Danish.

He that cheateth in small things is a fool, but in greater things is a rogue.

He that cheats me anes shame fa’ him, if he cheat me twice, shame fa’ me.

He that would cheat a Jew must be a Jew.German.

He that is cheated twice by the same man is an accomplice with the cheater.

He who cheats a cheat and robs a thief, earns a dispensation for a hundred years.German.

It is fair and just to cheat the cheater.Spanish.

Ye cannot cheat one in trade.Chinese.