11 Quotes About Cunning

The world can be a tricky place, so it’s helpful to have a little wisdom and wit on your side. These cunning quotes will help you navigate life’s obstacles with a little more ease. We all want to know that we’re doing the right thing, but not everyone is always sure how to go about finding that out. These cunning quotes will help guide you from one decision to the next, keeping you on the right path.

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Look, it's easy to outsmart a werewolf or a vampire, " Jace said. "They're no smarter than anyone else. But faeries live for hundreds of years and they're as cunning as snakes. They can't lie, but they love to engage in creative truth-telling. They'll find out whatever it is you want most in the world and give it to you–with a sting in the tail of the gift that will make you regret you ever wanted it in the first place." He sighed. "They're not really about helping people. More about harm disguised as help. . Cassandra Clare
Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries...
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Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself. Unknown
Depend upon it, he who wishes to win the prize...
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Depend upon it, he who wishes to win the prize must come on the principle that two and two make four. Nicholas Wiseman
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Oh Satan you're a wily one. Craig Ferguson
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One must be cunning and wicked in this world. Leo Tolstoy
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You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well known every-where in his true colors; his rolling eyes and his honeyed tones impose only on those who do not know him. People are aware that this low-bred fellow, who deserves to be pilloried, has, by the dirtiest jobs, made his way in the world; and that the splendid position he has acquired makes merit repine and virtue blush. Yet whatever dishonourable epithets may be launched against him everywhere, nobody defends his wretched honour. Call him a rogue, an infamous wretch, a confounded scoundrel if you like, all the world will say “yea, ” and no one contradicts you. But for all that, his bowing and scraping are welcome everywhere; he is received, smiled upon, and wriggles himself into all kinds of society; and, if any appointment is to be secured by intriguing, he will carry the day over a man of the greatest worth. Zounds! these are mortal stabs to me, to see vice parleyed with; and sometimes times I feel suddenly inclined to fly into a wilderness far from the approach of men. Unknown
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There is nothing so cunning as tangled deception. If you wish to seek out the truth, first uncover the lies that surround the illusion... Virginia Alison
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Learn well how to think right and then be your own shepherd, otherwise you shall be the unlucky sheep of all sorts of cunning shepherds! Mehmet Murat Ildan
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See not the face..but only the eyes, of the poker face. Toba Beta
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Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom. Plato