Fulke Greville Quotes

Cunning differs from wisdom as twilight from open day.

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

Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.

I can put two and two together, you know. Do not think you are dealing with a man who has lost his grapes.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

Many live by their wits but few by their wit.

The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.

I may be daft but I'm no' stupid!

And she’s very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her

I'd rather be Jack be smart, than Jack be quick. Watch out for the man with the big fat licking stick.

One Man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than every body else.

A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement

Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends.

He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.

When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realised the wisdom of strategy.

After wisdom comes wit.

You cannot be wise without some basis of knowledge, but you may easily acquire knowledge and remain bare of wisdom.

It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.

Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever.

One can have knowledge without having wisdom, but one cannot have wisdom without having knowledge.

It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.

The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.

You can't be wise without being intelligent, but you certainly can be intelligent without being wise.

Whoever appears to have much cunning has in reality very little; being deficient in the essential article, which is, to hide cunning.

I'm accused of cleverness as if it were a sin. She is merely clever, they say.