There be, that can pack the cards, and yet cannot play well; so there are some that are good in canvasses and factions, that are otherwise weak men.
有些人会做牌,却打不好牌;同样,有些人擅长拉票与结党,其他方面却颇为无能。
— Francis Bacon · Essays · Of Cunning —
There be, that can pack the cards, and yet cannot play well; so there are some that are good in canvasses and factions, that are otherwise weak men.
有些人会做牌,却打不好牌;同样,有些人擅长拉票与结党,其他方面却颇为无能。