1953. Francis Bacon. 1561-1626. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	1953
AUTHOR:	Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
QUOTATION:	There is a cunning which we in England call “the turning of the cat in the pan;” which is, when that which a man says to another, he lays it as if another had said it to him.
ATTRIBUTION:	Of Cunning.