knave

• "Ah--yes, I have heard of your family," he said, understanding at last what the knave was about.
• You next examine the gridiron, and if a knave is there, play it, as also any other suitable cards to continue the foundations, and as kings and queens appear, place them, in accordance with Rule II. —  Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience New Revised Edition, including American Games
• The wolf in the [4011]emblem sucked the goat (so the shepherd would have it), but he kept nevertheless a wolf's nature; [4012]a knave will be a knave. —  The Anatomy of Melancholy
• the knave is there To the beasts It seems your dame is not at home THE MONKEYS Gone to carouse, Out of the house, Thro' the chimney and away MEPHISTOPHELES How long is it her wont to roam THE MONKEYS While we can warm our paws she'll stay MEPHISTOPHELES (_to FAUST What think you of the charming creatures FAUST I loathe alike their form and features MEPHISTOPHELES Nay, such discourse, be it confessed, Is just the thing that pleases me the best. —  The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English.
• As in the world we must look to actions, not motives, so a knave is the man who injures you; and you do not inquire whether the injury be the fruit of malice or necessity. —  Tomlinsoniana

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