| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Cheat, Cheating |
| | | A skilful cheat does not fear the open eye. German. | 1 |
| A skilful cheat needs no assistant. German. | 2 |
| Cheating is more honorable than stealing. German. | 3 |
| Cheating is the chapman’s cart and plough. German. | 4 |
| Cheating play never thrives. | 5 |
| Cheat me in the price but not in the goods. | 6 |
Doubtless the pleasure is as great
Of being cheated as to cheat. Butler. | 7 |
| He is most cheated who cheats himself. Danish. | 8 |
| He that cheateth in small things is a fool, but in greater things is a rogue. | 9 |
| He that cheats me anes shame fa’ him, if he cheat me twice, shame fa’ me. | 10 |
| He that would cheat a Jew must be a Jew. German. | 11 |
| He that is cheated twice by the same man is an accomplice with the cheater. | 12 |
| He who cheats a cheat and robs a thief, earns a dispensation for a hundred years. German. | 13 |
| It is fair and just to cheat the cheater. Spanish. | 14 |
| Ye cannot cheat one in trade. Chinese. | 15 | | |
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