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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.
Cunning men deal in generalizations.
Cunning men deal in generalizations.
Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom.
Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom.
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.
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 is strength withheld.
Cunning is strength withheld.
More are taken in by hope than by cunning.
More are taken in by hope than by cunning.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.