John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1955 Franis Baon 1561-1626 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 1955 |
| AUTHOR: | Francis Bacon (1561–1626) |
| QUOTATION: | It hath been an opinion that the French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are; but howsoever it be between nations, certainly it is so between man and man. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Of Seeming Wise. |