| 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. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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