Cunning Quotes

270 Cunning quotes by 216 unique authors

Cunning is strength withheld. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
...the great movement of apostasy being organized in every country for the establishment of a One-World Church which shall have neither dogmas, nor hierarchy, neither… — Pope Pius X
Unlike the authors of such warrior classics as The Art of War and The Book of the Five Rings, which accept the inevitability of war… — Morihei Ueshiba
The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have stolen by cunning. — Robert Anton Wilson
CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material… — Ambrose Bierce
If beauty isn't genius it usually signals at least a high level of animal cunning. — Peter York
The air brightened, the running shadow patches were now the obverse, and it seemed to him that the fact that the day was clearing was… — William Faulkner
The truth is that the devil is very cunning. The truth is that he is not always as ugly as they say. — Unknown Author
Henri-Georges Clouzot's cool, clammy, twisty 1955 thriller Diabolique is an almost perfect movie about a very nearly perfect murder, a film in which the artist's… — Terrence Rafferty
Writing a poem is like having an affair, a one-night stand; a short story is a romance, a relationship; a novel is a marriage-one has… — Amos Oz
Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will find, And those… — Laozi
On my tenth birthday a bicycle and an atlas coincided as gifts, and a few days later I decided to cycle to India...However, I was… — Dervla Murphy
If the devil were wise enough and would stand by in silence and let the gospel be preached, he would suffer less harm. For when… — Martin Luther
Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise — Benjamin Franklin
Students of cunning have consumed their hearts and learned only tricks; they've thrown away real riches: patience, self-sacrifice, generosity. Rich thought opens the way. — Unknown Author
Those props are as cunning as a bag o' weasels. — Bill McLaren
Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that… — Unknown Author
What constitutes the bulwark of our liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea-coasts, our army and our navy. ... Our… — Abraham Lincoln
Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness. — Christina Stead
In such situations, of course, people don't nurse their anger silently, they moan aloud; but these are not frank, straightforward moans, there is a kind… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fury said to a mousethat he met in the houselet us both go to law; I will prosecute youlet there be no denial; come, we… — Lewis Carroll
Praise or damn as you please, but do so rather flatly, pragmatically, with cunning attention to annoying or gratifying details. Be yourself. Be unique. Be… — Kurt Vonnegut
...there is one thing that all Satan's cunning and all the snares of temptation cannot take by surprise - an undivided will. — Soren Kierkegaard
Princes, kings, and other rulers of the world have used all their strength and cunning against the Church, yet it continues to endure and hold… — John Foxe
You can still achieve certain things through effort, struggle, determination, and sheer hard work or cunning. But there is no joy in such endeavor, and… — Eckhart Tolle

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