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If I know a man to be a designing knave, must I ask his consent, to bid my friends beware of him?
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “If I know a man to be a designing knave, must I ask his consent, to bid my friends beware of him?”
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Franklin argues that one should warn friends about dishonest people without needing their consent.
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