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And yet it has a useful definition here: https://www.quora.com/What-does-you-cant-cheat-an-honest-man-mean https://www.quora.com/What-does-you-cant-cheat-an-ho

• technothrasher 4y ago
  W.C. Fields was a comedic genius, and brilliantly hid a lot of biting satire in overly obvious slapstick. He is so unfortunately forgotten today. The film "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man" is 83 years old, and people still don't know what he was saying. I suspect he would have found it hilarious that his line is so thoroughly misunderstood.
• ImPostingOnHN 4y ago
  "want[ing] to make a quick/easy buck" is orthogonal to honesty