Quotes by Cunning Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable. Jane Austen cunning affinity bears What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes. Jean de La Fontaine cunning brutes men Amongst such as out of cunning hear all and talk little, be sure to talk less; or if you must talk, say little. Jean de la Bruyere cunning littles conversation Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience. Jiddu Krishnamurti convenience cunning clever I was an addict. That's why, ... I tell you, addiction is a very cunning enemy. John McCain cunning addiction enemy To make women learned and foxes tame has the same effect - to make them more cunning. King James I cunning effects foxes More are taken in by hope than by cunning. Luc de Clapiers cunning taken Cunning cheats itself wholly, and other people partially. Miguel de Cervantes cunning cheat people The bounds of a man's knowledge are easily concealed, if he has but prudence. Oliver Goldsmith prudence cunning men The fox is very cunning, but he is more cunning who catches the fox. Pedro Calderon de la Barca cunning foxes Wine is a cunning wrestler. Plautus wrestler cunning wine I am a mediocre being, a bit cunning. Renee Vivien cunning bits mediocre Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed. Richard Adams cunning tricks people It has been a sort of maxim, that the greatest art is to conceal art; but I know not how, among some people we meet with, their greatest cunning is to appear cunning. Richard Steele cunning people art Cunning is strength withheld. Ralph Waldo Emerson cunning strength Cunning differs from wisdom as twilight from open day. Samuel Johnson cunning twilight We should do by our cunning as we do by our courage--always have it ready to defend ourselves, never to offend others. Sir Fulke Greville cunning ready should History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done. Sydney J. Harris cunning damage-is-done history-repeats-itself Were they, for some purpose almost too cunning for belief, only disguised as themselves? T. H. White cunning purpose belief History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors and issues. T. S. Eliot cunning issues history «123»