A Quote by Herman Melville
Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing
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To err is human, to purr feline.
A cunning mind emphatically delights in its own cunning, and is the ready prey of cunning.
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Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.
Those who have the most cunning affect all their lives to condemn cunning; that they may make use of it on some great occasion, and to some great end.
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