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)
“A cunning fox cannot outsmart a skilled hunter.”
—Chinese proverb.