Cunning Quote by William Rounseville Alger Download Open image “Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.” — William Rounseville Alger ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cunning Dwarfs Dwarves Wisdom
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
In business be as able as you can, but do not be cunning; cunning is the dark sanctuary of incapacity. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best… — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
Willmott, the English essayist, says poetry is the natural religion of literature. — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind. — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
The God of merely traditional believers is the great Absentee of the universe. — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety, And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication… — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
It is a pity that, commonly, more care is had--yea, and that among very wise men--to find out rather a cunning man for their… — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
The terrible immoralities are the cunning ones hiding behind masks of morality, such as exploiting people while pretending to help them. — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
That humanity and sincerity which dispose men to resist injustice and tyranny render them unfit to cope with the cunning and power of those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why do some die and some live? The answer was clearly, that on the whole the best fitted live. From the effects of disease… — Alfred Russel Wallace Copy Share Image
Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods. — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose, Working so grossly in a natural cause That admiration did not… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Would you like to sit?" Kellen asked her. "You'd better do it soon," Owen whispered close to her ear, "or I'm going to bend… — Olivia Cunning Copy Share Image
I am defined by my will to survive, not by intelligence or cunning or money or good looks. The Creator didn't see her way… — Jaune Quick–to–See Smith Copy Share Image
