Ability Quote by Samuel Johnson

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

— William Hazlitt

Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken for wit,…

— Joseph Addison

Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add…

— Ovid

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

— Plato

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Anonymous

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

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

Cunning is strength withheld.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Those who have the most cunning affect all their lives to condemn cunning; that they may make use of it on some great occasion,…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld