Who said "The world does seem to run on deceit, does it not."?

This quote is attributed to Herman Melville.

The world does seem to run on deceit, does it not. - Herman Melville

"The world does seem to run on deceit, does it not."

Herman Melville Truth

Novelist American 1819–1891

"It is the privilege of the reader to slow down the author who goes too fast."

"Some certain significance lurks in all things, else all things are little worth."

"To know how to say what others only think is to be a poet."

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

"Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!"

"You must always be honest with the people you love."

"Truth always comes out in the end."

"Honesty is always the best policy."