ARTIFICE

It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.
-La Rochefocauld

The material universe... is the artifice of God, the artifice of the best mechanic.
-Cudworth

His pilots were constructed without much artifice.
-Craik

Appreciation is one special word that always and everywhere leads people to do their best.
-A. E. Wiggam

Those who were conscious of guilt employed numerous artifices for the purpose of averting inquiry.
-Macaulay