Quotes by Cunning Man Don't think so much of your own Cunning, as to forget other Men's; a Cunning Man is overmatched by a cunning Man and a Half. Benjamin Franklin cunning-man men thinking It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. Francois de La Rochefoucauld cunning-man play men 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 says it as if another had said it to him. Francis Bacon cunning-man cat men A cunning man overreaches no one half as much as himself. Henry Ward Beecher cunning-man half men