Pastoral Resources

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront it militarily. So, all you have is your wits and your cunning, and your ability to fight in the way the Iraqis are fighting.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool.

Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.

It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men.

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

I am a mediocre being, a bit cunning.

Do not let the Obama administration fool you with all their cunning Alinsky methods. And if you don't know what that method is, I implore you to get the book 'Rules for Radicals,' by Saul Alinsky. Mr. Obama is very well trained in these methods.

With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day!

If beauty isn't genius it usually signals at least a high level of animal cunning.