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Deception is a vice, but honest cunning can be considered as prudence of reason.
- Honestly, dear, I didn’t know what to think.
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Olymposik, skirt, twinkle eyes.
- Not all. But only what is needed. A very convenient injury.
The serpent was more cunning than all the beasts of the field.
Quote Explanation: Chapter 3:1
- If you are a cripple, then any sane person.
Cunning is to wisdom what a monkey is to man.
Rats have played a significant role in the history of Ankh-Morpork. Shortly before the patrician came to power, there was a terrible infestation of rats in the city, and as a method of struggle, the city council offered to pay twenty pence for each rat's tail. For a week or two, the number of rats actually dropped, but then people with rat tails began to line up in huge lines, the city treasury was empty, and everyone was just chasing rats. Which were still swarming everywhere. Lord Vetinari listened carefully to the explanation of the problem and solved it with a single memorable phrase that spoke a lot about himself, about the stupidity of the reward idea, and about the innate instincts of true Ankh-Morporks. "Tax the rat farms," said the patrician.
Cunning people use other people's swarms.
“There are a few things the owner [Carol] needs to ruin the world. One of them is cursed
In order to truly become yourself and fulfill yourself, you need to transfer attention from the character to the one who plays this character. Become a player, BE a player. The player got so carried away, got so caught up in the game and identified with the character that he forgot who he really is. It's time to remember.
For every cunning ass there is a cunning bolt with a left-hand thread. But sometimes this bolt happens to be an asshole with a labyrinth.
An ingenious invention in the form of military awards. This ancient trick allows any power to make a very profitable exchange. A person gives the regime hearing, sight, years or limbs, and in return receives ... a shiny plaque. As a rule, the victim of such fraud is very glad that he was fooled, and is proud of the symbol of his stupidity.
For every wise man there is someone more cunning.
Quote in English
Quote Explanation: Yakuza Shinji comes to Takahashi to give him information. Takahashi notices that in place of the thumb of his right hand, cut off as a payment for shame, Shinji implanted a device that is a weapon in the form of a laser (?) line that burns through everything it touches. Takahashi ridicules Shinji for turning his shame to his own advantage instead of honorably bearing the shame, which is, in fact, even more shameful.
