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Cunning
Cunning...is but the low mimic of wisdom. -- Bolingbroke

Laughter
To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.

Reason
We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities. -- Bolingbroke