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Cunning Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to lie…
- ...a common observation, that few are mended by imprisonment, and that he, whose crimes have made confinement necessary, seldom makes any other use of his…
- That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.
- Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning.
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