politic vs sly as a fox

politic

adj
  • Artful, crafty or cunning. 

  • Discreet and diplomatic. 

  • Shrewd, prudent and expedient. 

sly as a fox

adj
  • Very sly, very cunning. 

How often have the words politic and sly as a fox occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )