Wikiquote:Quote of the day/January 22, 2024

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We take cunning for a sinister or 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 be, that can pack the cards, and yet cannot play well; so there are some that are good in canvasses and factions, that are otherwise weak men.
~ Francis Bacon ~
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~ Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall ~