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Quote by Francis Bacon
Imagination was given man to compensate for what he is not, and a

Imagination was given man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is. – Francis Bacon

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Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. – Francis Bacon

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I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. – Francis Bacon

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Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. – Francis Bacon

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The great thing about university is that they incline you to get up and do it, from the Classics to modern plays, to the humor that Monty Pythons made popular. – Michael York

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I think Im too cynical for L.A. My sense of humor doesnt go down well here, which probably affects my love life. I need to have a laugh track following me around so people know Im trying to be funny. – Teddy Thompson

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Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little. – Mason Cooley

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Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly. – Jonathan Swift

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If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain. РAndr̩ Maurois

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But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave. – William Wordsworth

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There is, incidentally, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person. – Dan Greenberg

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I love those who yearn for the impossible. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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