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> [There is a cunning which we in England call the rning of the cat in the pan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/there-is-a-cunning-which-we-in-england-call-the-rning-of-the-cat-in/)

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

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> [Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he need have a present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/reading-maketh-a-full-man-and-writing-an-axact-man-and-therefore-if-a/)

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

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> [It is a good point of cunning for a man to shape the answer he would have in his own words and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/it-is-a-good-point-of-cunning-for-a-man-to-shape-the-answer-he-would/)

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

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> [There is a cunning which we in England call "the turning of the cat" in the pan; which is, when that which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/there-is-a-cunning-which-we-in-england-call-the-turning-of-the-cat-in/)

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

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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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## Other authors on Cunning

## More by Francis Bacon

> [Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/princes-are-like-heavenly-bodies-which-cause-good-or-evil-times-and/)

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

> [The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-best-preservative-to-keep-the-mind-in-health-is-the-faithful/)

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

> [Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/since-custom-is-the-principal-magistrate-of-man-s-life-let-men-by-all/)

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

> [Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/painting-today-is-pure-intuition-and-luck-and-taking-advantage-of/)

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

> [I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/i-usually-accept-bribes-from-both-sides-so-that-tainted-money-can/)

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

> [Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/much-bending-breaks-the-bow-much-unbending-the-mind/)

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

> [When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/when-christ-came-into-the-world-peace-was-sung-and-when-he-went-out/)

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

> [...neither is it possible to discover the more remote and deeper parts of any science, if you stand but upon the level of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/neither-is-it-possible-to-discover-the-more-remote-and-deeper-parts/)

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

> [The divisions of science are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-divisions-of-science-are-not-like-different-lines-that-meet-in/)

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

> [The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-human-understanding-when-any-preposition-has-been-once-laid-down/)

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

> [I should have been, I don't know, a con-man, a robber or a prostitute. But it was vanity that made me choose painting, vanity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/i-should-have-been-i-don-t-know-a-con-man-a-robber-or-a-prostitute/)

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

> [Wounds cannot be cured without searching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/wounds-cannot-be-cured-without-searching/)

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

> [The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-french-are-wiser-than-they-seem-and-the-spaniards-seem-wiser-than/)

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

> [When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/when-a-man-laughs-at-his-troubles-he-loses-a-great-many-friends-they/)

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

> [Believing that I was born for the service of mankind, and regarding the care of the commonwealth as a kind of common property which,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/believing-that-i-was-born-for-the-service-of-mankind-and-regarding/)

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

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