The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.
When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation.
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.
Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.
Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.