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> [Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/be-cunning-and-full-of-tricks-and-your-people-shall-never-be-destroyed/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

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> [“Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/be-cunning-and-full-of-tricks-and-your-people-will-never-be-destroyed/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

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## More by Richard Adams

> [Men will never rest till they've spoiled the earth and destroyed the animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/men-will-never-rest-till-they-ve-spoiled-the-earth-and-destroyed-the/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

> [“Like children in a dark room, like wayfarers passing a graveyard at night, the four men in the canoe filled the surrounding darkness with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/like-children-in-a-dark-room-like-wayfarers-passing-a-graveyard-at/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

> [“Rabbit underground, rabbit safe and sound.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/rabbit-underground-rabbit-safe-and-sound/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

> [“There's terrible evil in the world." It comes from men," said Holly. "All other elil do what they have to do and Frith moves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/there-s-terrible-evil-in-the-world-it-comes-from-men-said-holly-all/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

> [“But I have learned that with creatures one loves, suffering is not the only thing for which one may pity them. A rabbit who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/but-i-have-learned-that-with-creatures-one-loves-suffering-is-not-the/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

> [People who record birdsong generally do it very early-before six o'clock-if they can. Soon after that, the invasion of distant noise in most woodland…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/people-who-record-birdsong-generally-do-it-very-early-before-six-o/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

> [“Then El-ahrairah knew that Frith was too clever for him and he was frightened. He thought that the fox and the weasel were coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/then-el-ahrairah-knew-that-frith-was-too-clever-for-him-and-he-was/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

> [“Most of them had not understood Blackberry's discovery of the raft and at once forgot it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/most-of-them-had-not-understood-blackberry-s-discovery-of-the-raft/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

> [“My lord,' replied El-ahrairah, 'I have come to give you my life. My life for my people.' The Black Rabbit drew his claws along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/my-lord-replied-el-ahrairah-i-have-come-to-give-you-my-life-my-life/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

> [“Hazel, like nearly all wild animals, was unaccustomed to look up at the sky. What he thought of as the sky was the horizon,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/hazel-like-nearly-all-wild-animals-was-unaccustomed-to-look-up-at-the/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

> [Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/be-cunning-and-full-of-tricks-and-your-people-shall-never-be-destroyed/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

> [Who knows why men do anything?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/who-knows-why-men-do-anything/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

> [“A wild animal that feels that it no longer has any reason to live reaches in the end a point when its remaining energies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/a-wild-animal-that-feels-that-it-no-longer-has-any-reason-to-live/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

> [“Think yourself lucky,” said Bigwig, bleeding and cursing, “that I don’t kill you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/think-yourself-lucky-said-bigwig-bleeding-and-cursing-that-i-don-t/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

> [“Black Rabbit: Hazel... Hazel... you know me, don't you? Hazel: I don't know. \[the apparition reveals himself to be the Black Rabbit, and Hazel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/black-rabbit-hazel-hazel-you-know-me-don-t-you-hazel-i-don-t-know-the/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

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