We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived US.

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: if we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.

In football it is widely acknowledged that if both sides agree to cheat, cheating is fair.

We are never deceived: we deceive ourselves.