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Acorns were good until bread was found. - Francis Bacon

Acorns were good until bread was found. – Francis Bacon

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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a mans self. – Francis Bacon

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As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time. – Francis Bacon

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I like a man whos good, but not too good – for the good die young, and I hate a dead one. – Mae West

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Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides. – Victor Hugo

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I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch. – Jose Mourinho

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I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book. – Groucho Marx

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