Cunning Quote by Luc de Clapiers

More are taken in by hope than by cunning.

— Luc de Clapiers

It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Samuel Johnson

Even a fool can deceive a man - if he be a bigger fool than himself.

— Marjorie Bowen

To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.

— Sophocles

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Benjamin Franklin

Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.

— Anthony Trollope

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

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning.

— Samuel Johnson