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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 and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
Cunning men deal in generalizations.
Cunning men deal in generalizations.
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.
Never assume the obvious is true.
Never assume the obvious is true.
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
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 is strength withheld.
Cunning is strength withheld.
