John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2399 Samuel Butler 1612-1680 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2399 |
| AUTHOR: | Samuel Butler (1612–1680) |
| QUOTATION: | Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Hudibras. Part ii. Canto iii. Line 1. |
| Note 1. This couplet is enlarged on by Swift in his “Tale of a Tub,” where he says that the happiness of life consists in being well deceived. [back] |