Cunning Quotes

270 Cunning quotes by 216 unique authors

In the face of brutality I was prudent. Before injustice I held my peace. I sacrificed the things in hand for the good of they… — Carson McCullers
Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing. When you think it fled, it may have but become transfigured into some still subtler… — Herman Melville
What I wanted was to die among strangers, untroubled, beneath a cloudless sky. And yet my desire differed from the sentiments of that ancient Greek… — Yukio Mishima
So if you're not Artemis Fowl, then who are you?" The boy extended a dripping hand straight up. "My name is Orion. I am so… — Eoin Colfer
Look, it's easy to outsmart a werewolf or a vampire," Jace said. "They're no smarter than anyone else. But faeries live for hundreds of years… — Cassandra Clare
Friend, my enemy, I call you out. You, you, you there with a bad thorn in your side. You there, my friend, with a winning… — Dylan Thomas
I can again thy former light restore, Should I repent me: but once put out thy light, Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature, I know… — William Shakespeare
Cheating is a sin, but honest cunning is simply prudence. It is a virtue. To be sure, it has a likeness to roguery, but that… — Giacomo Casanova
Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom… — Ambrose Bierce
But Death was cunning. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It was his cunning, this confidence and farsightedness in dealing with his own Clan, that made Crookedstar one of the strongest leaders the Clans have… — Erin Hunter
Life, faculties, production-in other words, individuality, liberty, property-this is man. And in spite of the cunning of artful political leaders, these three gifts from God… — Frederic Bastiat
These old knights are more cunning than you think, or they would never have lived to see their first grey hair. — George R. R. Martin
Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
No, it's not that they're bad. It's that they're obliged to pretend they're good. They've been brought up to deceive and be cunning, to protect… — Carlos Fuentes
An animal may be ferocious and cunning enough, but it takes a real man to tell a lie. — H.G. Wells
But doubt is wily and cunning and never, as it is sometimes said to be, loud or defiant. It is unassuming and sly, not bold… — Soren Kierkegaard
Unrequited love," I'd say. He'd look at me sideways in that cunning way he did and say, "what about it?" and I'd reply, "it's not… — Maggie Stiefvater
I’ve watched you barely escape death several times, and each instance killed me a little inside. They may be dormant now, but we have enemies… — Jeaniene Frost
You have the effrontery to be squeamish, it thought at him. But we were dragons. We were supposed to be cruel, cunning, heartless and terrible.… — Terry Pratchett
However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by… — George Washington
He is many things - dangerous and devious, cunning and deadly, a good friend and an implacable enemy - but he comes from an age… — Michael Scott
He is the playfulness of creation, scandal and utter goodness, the generosity of the ocean and the ferocity of a thunderstorm; he is cunning as… — John Eldredge
If women had power, what would men be but women who can't bear children? And what would women be but men who can?" "Hah!" went… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Everyone thinks I'm showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I'm silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when… — Anne Frank

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