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title: "4 Cunning Men Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/it-is-sometimes-necessary-to-play-the-fool-to-avoid-being-deceived-by/)

[Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/)

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> [“In the first ages they were wise men; in the middle age, madmen; in these latter ages, cunning men: in the earliest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-defoe/in-the-first-ages-they-were-wise-men-in-the-middle-age-madmen-in/)

[Daniel Defoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-defoe/)

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> [Of the women are to blame for causing girl \| boy born so why all the credit to the man so sly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mak-786/of-the-women-are-to-blame-for-causing-girl-boy-born-so-why-all-the/)

[Mak\_786](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mak-786/)

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> [Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/nothing-doth-more-hurt-in-a-state-than-that-cunning-men-pass-for-wise/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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