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Quote by Francis Bacon
Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not. – Francis Bacon

Other quotes by Francis Bacon

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. – Francis Bacon

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Happiness
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Francis Bacon
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In contemplation, if a man begins with certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. – Francis Bacon

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Doubt
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In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues. – Francis Bacon

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Ideas
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Fate & Destiny
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be. – Marcus Aurelius

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Fate & Destiny

Nothing happens by chance, my friend… No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long. – Richard Bach

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Fate & Destiny

It is better to run back than run the wrong way. – Proverb

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Fate & Destiny

Man is manacled only by himself; thought and action are the jailers of Fate. – James Allen

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Fate & Destiny

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History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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After your first day of cycling, one dream is inevitable. A memory of motion lingers in the muscles of your legs, and round and round they seem to go. You ride through Dreamland on wonderful dream bicycles that change and grow. – H.G. Wells, The Wheels of Chance

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Our shared conservative values, our belief in the individual is the great hope of our nation. – Rick Perry

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Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes. – Peter Drucker

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Knowledge