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Quote by Francis Bacon
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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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. – Francis Bacon

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Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. – Francis Bacon

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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesnt go away. – Philip K. Dick

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Reality is a palette that humans paint on to let themselves sleep better at night. – Author Unknown

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Everything you can imagine is real. – Pablo Picasso

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