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Dissimulation is only a faint kind of policy or wisdom; for one needs a strong wit and a strong heart to know when to tell the truth and to act on it; therefore it is the weaker sort of politicians who are the great dissemblers.

Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Note
Policy: Skill or thoughtfulness in the handling of practical matters.
Politician: When Bacon speaks of someone’s quality as a politician, he means that person’s ability in the management of people, not necessarily of large numbers of people.

Source: https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/bacon1597.pdf