As Friedland had done and as Jobs would learn to do, he…

“he was able to turn charm into a cunning force, to cajole and distort reality with the power of his personality.”

— Walter Isaacson

But evil is a cunning force. It can find the weakness in any man, even the bravest. [...] It only takes a single weak…

— William Joyce

Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness.

— Christina Stead

Learning how to contract your power and personality is of incredible importance.

— Daniel Lubetzky

“The villains were always ugly in books and movies. Necessarily so, it seemed. Because if they were attractive—if their looks matched their charm and…

— Nenia Campbell

The depth of your belief and the strength of your conviction determines the power of your personality.

— Brian Tracy

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.

— Iris Murdoch

Why do some die and some live? The answer was clearly, that on the whole the best fitted live. From the effects of disease…

— Alfred Russel Wallace

Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose, Working so grossly in a natural cause That admiration did not…

— William Shakespeare

“Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit, His waxen wings did mount above his reach, And melting heavens conspired his overthrow.”

— Christopher Marlowe

That humanity and sincerity which dispose men to resist injustice and tyranny render them unfit to cope with the cunning and power of those…

— Anonymous

The terrible immoralities are the cunning ones hiding behind masks of morality, such as exploiting people while pretending to help them.

— Vernon Howard

It is a pity that, commonly, more care is had--yea, and that among very wise men--to find out rather a cunning man for their…

— Roger Ascham

Life is a battle of wits, and many people have to fight it unarmed.

— Evan Esar

It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld