Nothing doth more hurt in a state than
that cunning men pass for wise.
?Francis Bacon
More are taken in by
hope than by cunning.
?Luc De Clapiers
Knowledge which is divorced from justice,
may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
?Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nature is beneficent. I praise her and
all her works. She is silent and wise.
She is cunning, but for good ends. She
has brought me here and will also
lead me away. She may scold me, but
she will not hate her work. I trust her.
?Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Cunning . . . is but the
low mimic of wisdom.
?Henry St. John Bolingbroke
Cunning is strength withheld.
?Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cunning is the art of concealing
our own defects, and discovering
other people's weaknesses.
?William Hazlitt
Cunning and treachery are the
offspring of incapacity.
?François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
In saying what is obvious,
never choose cunning.
Yelling works better.
?Cynthia Ozick
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
?William Blake
Cunning men deal in generalizations.
?American Proverb
