"Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign…" — Cato the Elder

More Feign Quotes

This quote is filed under Feign Quotes, one of 32 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him. — Sun Tzu
• All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, feign incapacity; when active, inactivity. When near, make it appear that… — Sun Tzu
• I am tired of the superficial smiles that adorn the many ghouls among us. I am tired of the righteous… — Corey Taylor
• The soul comes from without into the human body, as into a temporary abode, and it goes out of it… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• There rise her timeless capitals of empires daily born, whose plinths are laid at midnight and whose streets are packed… — Rudyard Kipling
• My only means of self defense is to wiggle my eye and feign being a salamander. It has saved my… — Thom Yorke
• Some people mistake weakness for tact. If they are silent when they ought to speak and so feign an agreement… — Frank Medlicott
• If U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction… — Ward Churchill
• It is true that some secluded intellectuals in their esoteric circles talk differently. They proclaim the priority of what they… — Ludwig von Mises
• Consider the trivial but revealing hallmarks of urban hipsterdom: faux vintage photography, the handlebar mustache, and vinyl record players all… — Peter Thiel
• The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent. — Juan Goytisolo
• Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. The acknowledgment of those virtues on which conscience congratulates… — Samuel Johnson

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