"Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom." — Plato

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• Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. — Francis Bacon
• Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest… — Francis Beaumont
• 'Fahrenheit 9/11' is astounding. Not so much as a film - although it is cunning and moving - but as… — John Berger
• The weak in courage is strong in cunning. — William Blake
• The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear - and they… — George W. Bush
• Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with… — Thomas Carlyle
• Man has made many machines, complex and cunning, but which of them indeed rivals the workings of his heart? — Pablo Casals
• None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a… — Lydia M. Child
• I would rather a boy learnt in the roughest school the courage to hit a politician, or gained in the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
• The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf. — Thomas Paine
• In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not… — Leo Tolstoy
• Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your… — Cesare Pavese

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