Francois de La Rochefoucauld Cunning Quotations

The daily employment of cunning marks a little mind, it generally happens that those who resort to it in one respect to protect themselves lay themselves open to attack in another.

Those who are overreached by our cunning are far from appearing to us as ridiculous as we appear to ourselves when the cunning of others has overreached us.

The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.

Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.

Cunning and treachery proceed from want of capacity.