Cunning

Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken for wit, and gravity for wisdom.

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Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

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We take cunning for a sinister or crooked wisdom. And certainly there is a great difference, between a cunning man, and a wise man; not only in point of honesty, but in point of ability.

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And because these cunning men, are like haberdashers of small wares, it is not amiss to set forth their shop.

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The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

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Cold & cunning come from the north:But cunning sans wisdom is nothing worth.

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Wisdom and truth, the offspring of the sky, are immortal; while cunning and deception, the meteors of the earth, after glittering for a moment, must pass away.

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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

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Nothing is so silly as cunning.

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Knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom.

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Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides:Who cover faults, at last shame them derides.

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