Art Quote by John Tillotson

Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to…

— Samuel Johnson

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

— William Hazlitt

Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itselft.

— Anonymous

Cunning is strength withheld.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whoever appears to have much cunning has in reality very little; being deficient in the essential article, which is, to hide cunning.

— Henry Home, Lord Kames

A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others.

— Jean de la Bruyere

In business be as able as you can, but do not be cunning; cunning is the dark sanctuary of incapacity.

— Lord Chesterfield

The most effectual way to be deceived is to believe oneself more cunning than one's neighbors.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Deceptions are more frequent than changes”

— Franz Kafka

Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves.

— Samuel Johnson

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

— Jane Austen