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The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

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.

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

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.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

If beauty isn't genius it usually signals at least a high level of animal cunning.