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Knavery: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Now I will show myself To have more of the serpent than the dove; That is-more knave than fool.— MARLOWE — The Jew of Malta. Act II. Act II. Sc. 3.

Zeno first started that doctrine, that knavery is the best defence against a knave.— PLUTARCH — Morals. Vol. I. Of

Bashfulness. A knave; a rascal; an eater of broken meats.— Shakespeare — King Lear. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 14.

There's ne'er a villain dwelling in all Denmark But he's an arrant knave.— Shakespeare — Hamlet. Act I. Sc. 5. L. 124.

Whip me such honest knaves.— Shakespeare — Othello. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 49.

His nunc præmium est qui recta prava faciunt. Knavery's now its own reward.— TERENCE — Phormio. V. 1. 6.