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. (Francis Bacon)

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.

Francis Bacon

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