Top 8 Shrewdness Quotes

All the shrewdness of 'man' seeks one thing: to be able to live without responsibility.

All the shrewdness of 'man' seeks one thing: to be able to live without responsibility.

Responsibility, Men, Shrewdness

Soren Kierkegaard (1959). “Attack Upon 'Christendom'”

Jews are known for many things, but strength, swiftness, and agility are not among them. There is one trait, as controversial as it is familiar, for which Jews are above all known, and that is shrewdness in business.

Steven Pinker

Swiftness, Agility, Shrewdness

A prince who is not himself wise cannot be wisely advised. . . . Good advice depends on the shrewdness of the prince who seeks it, and not the shrewdness of the prince on good advice.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Wise, Advice, Shrewdness

Those who fled will fight another time.

Tertullian

Time, Fighting, Shrewdness

Never teach your child to be cunning or you may be certain you will be one of the very first victims of his shrewdness.

Josh Billings

Children, May, Shrewdness

All you have to do is buy cheap and sell dear, act with thrift and shrewdness, and be persistent.

Hetty Green

Shrewdness, Dear, Persistent

The probability of finding a particular book increases in relation to the clarity of the store's focus, the diligence and shrewdness of the bookseller, and the size of the business.

Gabriel Zaid

Book, Focus, Shrewdness

Gabriel Zaid “So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance”, Paul Dry Books