Cunning

Famous quotes containing the word cunning:

“I have no cunning in protestation—only downright oaths, which I never use till urged, nor never break for urging.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“There are a great many simpletons who know themselves to be so, and who make a very cunning use of their own simplicity.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)