“The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
Cunning Man Quotes
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Cunning Man Quotes
Source: The English Works of Roger Ascham: Preceptor to Queen Elizabeth
Source: Philosophical Essays: On Morals, Literature, and Politics
“It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.”
“Self-love is more cunning than the most cunning man in the world.”
Source: The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Lord High Chancellor of England ...: With Several Additional Pieces, Never Before Printed in Any Edition of His Works. To which is Prefixed, a New Life of the Author
Source: The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Lord High Chancellor of England ...: With Several Additional Pieces, Never Before Printed in Any Edition of His Works. To which is Prefixed, a New Life of the Author
“There is a cunning which we in England call the rning of the cat in the pan.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication
“Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.”