Wiles

Then I heard a voice say to me, ‘O thou duck, beware of the son of Adam and be not imposed on by his words nor by that he may suggest to thee; for he aboundeth in wiles and guiles; so beware with all wariness of his perfidy, for again I say, he is crafty and right cunning even as singeth of him the poet, ❋ Unknown (2006)

Mr. Groom was young, and the temptress, if younger, was skilled in wiles. ❋ Unknown (1910)

He recalled the wiles that had been employed to induce him to attend a function in a Jesuits 'chapel, in an obscure nook of London; the same agencies had been employed there; then, as now, the influence of Clare Arundel had been introduced to sway him when all others had failed. ❋ Benjamin Disraeli (1842)

We do not offer men any special protections against the "wiles" of women, so why do women need such protection? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Is there no self-awareness on Roth's part about what a cliche of feminine 'wiles' this is? ❋ N A (2008)

Amelia had been a bit vague about exactly what kind of wiles they would be practicing, but she had promised to remember her mother's words. ❋ Seymour, Ana (1996)

Scriptures speak of the "wiles" or subtle methods of the devil (Eph. 6: 11, 12). ❋ William Evans (1910)

And yet in this young woman was the most complete lack of any dependence upon 'wiles' that platform ever saw. ❋ Unknown (1907)

She is an opportunist, and she is a woman who will use her feminine "wiles" to manipulate people into this false myth of the superwoman … she believes the world is 5,000 years old … ❋ Unknown (2008)

Her belief in the existence of Satan and his influence over human souls was as vivid as that of Luther; she did not hesitate to accuse him of being the fomenter and, in a sense, the author of her distress; the warnings of the Bible against his "wiles" she accepted as in full force still; and she could offer with all her heart, and with no doubt as to the literal meaning of its closing words, the petition of the old ❋ George L. Prentiss (1859)

Only 'wiles' you never descend to; 'blame' is not to be thought of; if you forbid praise, what is left to me but the rest of it? " ❋ Susan Warner (1852)

I was in the process of breaking up with him, when he finally succumbed to my wiles. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In another sub-group of our local gaming group, they were running Curse of the Crimson Throne and one of the PCs was a priestess of the goddess of lust, and used her wiles several times to get what she wanted, but it was a bit of a pain to adjudicate; the default D&D interpersonal stuff is too simplistic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At first it seems to be a straightforward tale of manipulation and hypocrisy, with Merteuil and Valmont exercising respectively feminine and masculine wiles over their various prey. ❋ Nwhyte (2009)

I attribute this to her feminine charms and wiles, whereas Snuffles over here attributes it to "the Deej being a wimp." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs, declared Paul McCartney, back in the days before his own love life turned into a Chaucerian cautionary tale about the follies of age and the wiles of youth and beauty. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Try this: Have you ever used your feminine (or masculine) wiles to get something you wanted? ❋ Unknown (2009)