Cunning Quote by Joseph Addison

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

— Plato

Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.

— William Rounseville Alger

Cunning is none of the best nor worst qualities; it floats between virtue and vice; there is scarce any exigence where it may not,…

— Jean de la Bruyere

One man may be more cunning than another, but no one can be more cunning than all the world.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Lord Chesterfield

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

— William Hazlitt

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

One Man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than every body else.

— Benjamin Franklin

Cunning has only private selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed. Discretion has large and extended views, and, like a…

— Joseph Addison

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

— Jean de la Bruyere

Cunning is strength withheld.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cunning pays no regard to virtue, and is but the low mimic of reason.

— Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke