Quote by Francis Bacon
Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs w

Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us. – Francis Bacon

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It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear. – Francis Bacon

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Fear
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Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. – Francis Bacon

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Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man–yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to thee, live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it. – Marcus Antonius

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Humanity

Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:5 – Bible

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Humanity

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. – Warren Buffett

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Humanity

In the world we live in everything militates in favor of things that have not yet happened, of things that will never happen again. – Andre Breton

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Humanity

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The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. – Alfred North Whitehead

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While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth? – George Bernard Shaw

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And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth. – Owen Glendower

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I stayed in show business to pay for my animal business. – Betty White

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