It is a good point of cunning for a man to shape the answer he would
have in his own words and propositions, for it makes the other party
stick the less.
-- Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
-- Of Cunning
have in his own words and propositions, for it makes the other party
stick the less.
-- Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
-- Of Cunning
Related:
- In things that a man would not be seen in himself, it is a point of
cunning to borrow the name of the world;
as to say, "The world says," or "There is a speech... - We take cunning for a sinister and crooked wisdom, and certainly there
is a great difference between a cunning man and a wise man,
not only in point of honesty but in point of ability... - There is a cunning which we in England call "the turning of the cat
in the pan;" which is,
when that which a man says to another, he lays it as... - It is yet a higher speech of his than the other, "It is true greatness
to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god."
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Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of... - There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic.
A man's own observation, what he finds good of and... - The greatest cunning is to have none
at all... - Chiefly the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of... - A man who studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
Sir Francis Bacon (1561... - My Lord,
I have a cunning plan....
