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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.
To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.
To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
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 . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom.
Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of 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.
More are taken in by hope than by cunning.
More are taken in by hope than by cunning.
Never assume the obvious is true.
Never assume the obvious is true.
