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.
-- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
is a great difference between a cunning man and a wise man, not only in
point of honesty but in point of ability.
-- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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