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

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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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Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety. – Francis Bacon

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If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us. – Francis Bacon

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Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. – Francis Bacon

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Humor is very very risky, particularly for a candidate, unless hes been in so long that it just doesnt matter, and hes not running for president. But its just that people are so sensitive and so touchy, and youre just going to upset somebody without ever realizing it. – Mark Russell

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He was just trying to tease me – I knew that later – but he said hed have to leave because it wasnt fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really. – Fay Wray

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Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words. – Dorothy Parker

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Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar. – Proverb

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Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected. – Louise Brown

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