Alex Shoumatoff

Elephants are highly emotional. Whatever they are feeling, they let it out immediately, and the histrionics are over and forgotten in a moment, lasting no longer than the cloud formations that are constantly coming apart and re-forming overhead. There is no guile in pachyderms.

American Writer

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

When I was younger, I was impressed by those who were educated, accomplished, successful, and applauded by the world. But over the years, I have come to the realization that I am far more impressed by those wonderful and blessed souls who are truly good and without guile.

German Businessman

Joseph B. Wirthlin

As parents know, little children are, by their nature, without guile. They speak the thoughts of their minds without reservation or hesitance as we have learned as parents when they embarrass us at times. They do not deceive. They set an example of being without guile.

American Businessman

Kate Chopin

The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response in depths of his own sensuous nature that had never yet been reached.

American Author

Minnie Driver

Babies are endlessly fascinating to look at and I'm obsessed about their complete and utter lack of guile.

English Actress

To be without guile is to be free of deceit, cunning, hypocrisy, and dishonesty in thought or action.

Mark Rylance

Pretty much all children are helpful to act with; they lack any guile when they act.

English Actor

Aeschylus

We shall perish by guile just as we slew.

Greek Poet

Although neutral, 'guile' implies dishonest behavior or deceit.

Often Negative

'Guile' refers to indirect, clever tactics, not straightforward cheating.

Subtle Trickery

'Guile' often means using one'a intellect strategically to achieve a goal.

Strategic Use

 he's a whole bunch of grass and leaves but hidden inside there he's a male leopard that is busy hunting what he's doing is he stalking along very slowly there's a prey animal straight in front of us that he's busy trying to get closer to and it takes all of his guile and his agility to try and sneak through these thickets and try and then ambush

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 By guile and by bluster, by night and by day, I battered and scattered the fools from my way. And women grew willing to sham and to bluff.