Cunning has only private selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed. Discretion has large and extended views, and,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
There exists, at the bottom of all abasement and misfortune, a last extreme which rebels and joins battle with the forces of… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast, are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will… — Laozi Copy Share Image
In the struggle for supremacy the various political parties outdo each other in trickery, deceit, cunning, and shady machinations, confident that the… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
It is not true that fate slips silently into our lives. It steps in through the door that we have opened, and… — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
As we get older, we become more political in terms of survival. We realize a certain amount of cunning is necessary and… — Pernell Roberts Copy Share Image
“Be blessed with an honest character, true heart. Wise, dignified people who value honesty stir away from dishonest, corrupt schemers. Great reward… — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
Our politicians are stupid.And the Mexican government is much smarter, much sharper, much more cunning. And they send the bad ones over… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The language I have learnt these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo; And now my tongue's use is to… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Conservatism is affluent and openhanded, but there is a cunning juggle in riches. I observe that they take somewhat for everythingthey give.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Writing about why you write is a funny business, like scratching what doesn't itch. Impulses are mysterious, and explaining them must be… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Death Star is just full of British actors opening doors and going,Oh... I... oh... What is it Lieutenant Sebastian? It's just… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
If the devil were wise enough and would stand by in silence and let the gospel be preached, he would suffer less… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Every time. You know why? I want to fail. I work like a dog for twenty years so I'll have the supreme… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
A lot of film directors are quite scared of actors. They are a bit of a nightmare sometimes, but I like them.… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
As I think I told you once before," said I, "it is you who have been, in your greed and cunning, against… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
You have the effrontery to be squeamish, it thought at him. But we were dragons. We were supposed to be cruel, cunning,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
“The ego is very cunning in that way: it goes on finding supports, props, new pastures to feed itself on. If you… — Osho Copy Share Image
Nothing is more dreadful than private duels in America. The two adversaries attack each other like wild beasts. Then it is that… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better. — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
To make women learned and foxes tame has the same effect - to make them more cunning. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I always believe that when you're not courageous, you become cunning. — Vikram Bhatt Copy Share Image
Self-love is more cunning than the most cunning man in the world. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
If you have ever been called defiant, incorrigible, forward, cunning, insurgent, unruly, rebellious, you're on the right track. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
I believe that cunning is not only morally wrong but also politically expedient, and have therefore always discountenanced its use even from… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It has been a sort of maxim, that the greatest art is to conceal art; but I know not how, among some… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
“he was able to turn charm into a cunning force, to cajole and distort reality with the power of his personality.” — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“secret of the warrior-heart of Jesus. Second, a warrior is cunning. He knows when to fight and when to run; he can… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
