Francis Bacon's Quote - The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving r

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The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving r

The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it. – Francis Bacon

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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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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. – Francis Bacon

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