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Quote by Francis Bacon
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not;

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

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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. – Francis Bacon

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Choice
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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order. – Francis Bacon

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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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I have a very silly sense of humor. Ive never laughed harder in my entire life than seeing someone with toilet paper stuck on the bottom of their shoe. – Paula Poundstone

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Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. Its like medicine – very healing. – Max Irons

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There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor. – Thomas W. Higginson

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You can find heroism everyday, like guys working terrible jobs because theyve got to support their families. Or as far as humor, the things I see on the job, on the street, are far funnier than anything youll ever see on TV. – Harvey Pekar

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Id rather be dead than singing Satisfaction when Im forty-five. – Mick Jagger

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The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society. – Jonathan Kozol

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There are many in this old world of ours who hold that things break about even for all of us. I have observed for example that we all get the same amount of ice. The rich get it in the summertime and the poor get it in the winter. – Bat Masterson

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