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Quotations regarding 'Knave'
11 entries
He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.
George Berkeley, Irish Philosopher (1685-1753)
The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.
Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman (1694- )
Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
Daniel Defoe, English Journalist
Knavery seems to be so much a the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they will become aliens to this kingdom.
George III, English Royalty (1738-1820)
It is a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
David Hume, Scottish Philosopher (1711-1776)
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Abraham Lincoln, American President (1809-1865)
We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.
Mary Wortley Montagu, English Writer (1689-1762)
Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.
Ovid, Poet
The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.
Alexander Pope, English Poet (1688-1744)
No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool.
George Savile, English Politician (1726-1784)
Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.
Voltaire, French Writer (1694-1778)
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