Shrewdness (n.) is itself a duty; to resolve the collision with ethics by annulling shrewdness is to decline to think the collision — and the instant one sees this one has won God for the cause of intrigue, in a good sense.
Shrewdness (n.) is turned into foolishness by an ideal postulate; learn to discount the postulate and the shrewdness would make a good showing — "I should have been married long ago."
Shrewdness (n.) proud of never being taken in is the most dangerous deception: to believe nothing you cannot see is to cease believing in love — and so be deceived.
Shrewdness (n.) admired by the world is understanding of evil; wisdom is essentially understanding of the good.
Shrewdness (n.) finishes its calculations and wins the game — then anxiety arrives, makes the sign of the cross against the devil, and its cleverest combinations vanish like a witticism; for finitude always explains in parts, never totally.
Shrewdness (n.) when selfish wants others to grow simpler as it grows shrewder, so as to have them inhumanly in its power.
Shrewdness (n.) is the sin most heinous to God, because it has the world's approval: it avoids every decisive act and so wins the distinction of never having denied.