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No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.
No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.
Cunning is strength withheld.
Cunning is strength withheld.
To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.
To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.
Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom.
Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom.
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
