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Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for read more
Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for good ends. She has brought me here and will also lead me away. She may scold me, but she will not hate her work. I trust her.
Cunning men deal in generalizations.
Cunning men deal in generalizations.
Never assume the obvious is true.
Never assume the obvious is true.
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.
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
More are taken in by hope than by cunning.
More are taken in by hope than by 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.
To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.
To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.
Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
