“The weak in courage is strong in cunning.”
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
Source: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 49
“Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.”
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