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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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There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not keep their suspicions in smother. – Francis Bacon

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Doubt
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Francis Bacon
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Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit. – Francis Bacon

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Vanity
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I dont need someone with a hot body. He can be fat or overweight and have a belly. Its very much about style and substance and humor, interest, curiosity and really being smart. – Kate Walsh

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Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me – just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity. – Dee Dee Myers

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Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. – Edward de Bono

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Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany, that does not mean that people were not in good spirits, or anything of that sort, but something much deeper and more important. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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The flesh, alas, is sad, and I have read all the books. – Stephane Mallarme

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The great gift of family life is to be intimately acquainted with people you might never even introduce yourself to, had life not done it for you. – Kendall Hailey, The Day I Became an Autodidact

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I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself. – Aldous Huxley

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