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It is a point of cunning, to let fall those words in a man's own name, which he would have another man learn, and use, and thereupon take advantage. I knew two, that were competitors for the secretary's place in Queen Elizabeth's time, and yet kept good quarter between themselves; and would confer, one with another, upon the business; and the one of them said, That to be a secretary, in the declination of a monarchy, was a ticklish thing, and that he did not affect it: the other straight caught up those words, and discoursed with divers of his friends, that he had no reason to desire to be secretary, in the declination of a monarchy. The first man took hold of it, and found means it was told the Queen; who, hearing of a declination of a monarchy, took it so ill, as she would never after hear of the other's suit.
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定位：Excerpt 43 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
有一种狡猾：自己先把想让人学去的话，用“自己的名义”说出来，等对方捡了去用，再抓他把柄。伊丽莎白女王时代有两个竞争秘书职位的人，表面客气，常一起商量事。一个说：在王朝衰落时当秘书很棘手，自己并不想干。另一个立刻抓住这话，到处跟朋友说：王朝衰落时他没理由想当秘书。第一个便设法把这话传到女王耳中。女王听到“王朝衰落”大为光火，从此再也不听第二个人求职。这招的狠处在于：话是你自己说的，但被对方转述后，就变成了他的罪证。用时要小心，因为一旦被看穿，反会伤己。
上下文
培根《随笔》论狡猾，举伊丽莎白时代两竞争者争秘书职为例，说明言语陷阱。
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你曾无意中重复别人的话，后来发现被利用了吗？以后如何避免？
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