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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.
Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom.
Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom.
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.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
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.
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.
Never assume the obvious is true.
Never assume the obvious is true.
