Carolina QuotesThe greatest cunning is to have none at all.
Carl Sandburg Connected to the Carolinas
Source
This line appears in section 94 of "The People, Yes" (1936), but that section contains many common proverbs and expressions not original to Sandburg which he is merely quoting within the poem, including this one.
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- 1936
misattributed
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“The greatest cunning is to have none at all.” Carl Sandburg. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-F5103BB99B. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/f5103bb99b
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