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Quote by Francis Bacon
Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution. – Francis Bacon

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Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. – Francis Bacon

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He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold. – Baltasar Gracián, translated from Spanish

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