John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1954 Franis Baon 1561-1626 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 1954 |
| AUTHOR: | Francis Bacon (1561–1626) |
| QUOTATION: | It is a good point of cunning for a man to shape the answer he would have in his own words and propositions, for it makes the other party stick the less. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Of Cunning. |