An acute mind and a cunning mind are very dissimilar. The first always pleases; it is unfettered, it perceives the most delicate and sees the most imperceptible matters. A cunning spirit never goes straight, it endeavours to secure its object by byeways and short cuts. This conduct is soon found out, it always gives rise to distrust and never reaches greatness.

Place: ¶869
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An acute mind and a cunning mind are very dissimilar. The first always… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims