In the wildest nature, there is not only the material of the most cultivated life, and a sort of anticipation of the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There is a cunning which we in England call "the turning of the cat" in the pan; which is, when that which… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“The Reverend Mother must combine the seductive wiles of a courtesan with the untouchable majesty of a virgin goddess, holding these attributes… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
But where do you live mostly now?" With the lost boys." Who are they?" They are the children who fall out of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When everybody in the world loves one another, then the weak will not be overpowered by the strong, the few will not… — Motsi Mabuse Copy Share Image
Every type of destruction that human philosophy, human science, human reason, human art, human cunning, human force, and human brutality could bring… — R. A. Torrey Copy Share Image
They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their minds, yet they are in that prison; and so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you want to compete in Italy, the only accepted ways are brute force, or cunning. Like Machiavelli says, "Fronte otra forze."… — Francesco Clemente 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
Figures cannot calculate the amount collected by those public and private robbers: it is more than would liberate every slave in the… — Anne Royall Copy Share Image
You can still achieve certain things through effort, struggle, determination, and sheer hard work or cunning. But there is no joy in… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions Guides us… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
For the multitude of worldly friends profiteth not, nor may strong helpers anything avail, nor wise counselors give profitable counsel, nor the… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The seeming truth which cunning times put on to entrap the wisest. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
And dilettantism is a humorous way to survive. Everybody understands you for it and everybody hates you for it. And not everybody… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
