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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.
He who cheats others is a knave, but he who cheats himself is a fool.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts.
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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