Francis Bacon on Cunning

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“Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.”
Francis Bacon
“And because these cunning men, are like haberdashers of small wares, it is not amiss to set forth their shop.”
Francis Bacon
“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.”
Francis Bacon