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Knavery is the way to slavery: The slothful and careless, or rather the deceitful (for so the word signifies), shall be under tribute.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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This is your membership roll, minutes of your board of directors' meetings and collection of cheque stubs from Ann Coulter, Rupert Murdoch, Richard Mellon Scaife and a group called "Republican Activists To Fight Undesirable Candidates with Knavery" -- we got them from your janitor.
Archive 2008-02-01 Dave 2008
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Knavery and folly, though never so exorbitant, will more easily meet with assent; for ill nature adds great support and strength to faith.
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Knavery without personal danger is an art brought to great perfection by the statesman and swindler; and meaner knaves are not tardy in following their footsteps.
Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark 2003
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Embargoes &c. These discourage Industry and turn that Ingenuity which ought to be employed for the good of the ge general Good, into Knavery.
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There is such a Mixture of Folly, Littleness, and Knavery in this World that, I am weary of it, and altho I behold it with unutterable Contempt and Indignation, yet the public Good requires that I should take no Notice of it, by Word or by Letter.
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Knavery, through any Negligence of mine, get the better of Honesty, nor
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I could not help cursing the Knavery of the Priesthood and the brutal
John Adams diary 31, 7 January - 5 February, 27 July - 6 August 1780 1961
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For, tho there are no Marks of Knavery, in it: there are marks of good sense I think.
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What an Intrenchment, is this against the Attacks of his Conscience, is this, "the Knavery of my Neighbours, is superiour to mine."
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