Best lying & cunning Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“For ever and anon the soul becomes weary of the conventions that are not of it, and with a single stroke shatters the civilized lies with which it is unable to cope, and the strong arm reaches out and takes by force what it cannot win by cunning.”

Soul Lying Winning Strong Force Arms Civilization Civilized Conventions Reach Out Weary Strokes Cunning Strong Arms Anon

Book:The Troll Garden: Short Stories

Source: The Troll Garden: Short Stories

“In this world of lies, Truth is forced to fly like a scared white doe in the woodlands; and only by cunning glimpses will she reveal herself, as in Shakespeare and other masters of the great Art of Telling the Truth, even though it be covertly, and by snatches.”

World Doe Art Lying White This World Masters Truth Is Scared Telling The Truth Glimpse Great Art Cunning Woodland Lies Truth

Book:Moby Dick, Or The Whale: Volume 6, Scholarly Edition

Source: Moby Dick, Or The Whale: Volume 6, Scholarly Edition

“Venerable to me is the hard hand,--crooked, coarse,--wherein, notwithstanding, lies a cunning virtue, indispensably royal as of the sceptre of the planet.”

Hard Hands Lying Virtue Planets Royal Cunning Crooked Coarse

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“The dull flat falsehood serves for policy, and in the cunning, truth's itself a lie.”

Lying Policy Dull Flats Falsehood Cunning

Book:The Works of Alexander Pope: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks

Source: The Works of Alexander Pope: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks

“Do not be held a cheat, even though it is impossible to live today without being one. Let your greatest cunning lie in covering up what looks like cunning.”

Looks Today Lying Impossible Cheat Cunning Covering Live For Today

Author:Baltasar Gracian

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