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1.                 From The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   CUNNING, n.  The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person
   from a strong one.  It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction
   and great material adversity.  An Italian proverb says:  "The furrier
   gets the skins of more foxes than asses."