Quote by Francis Bacon
By indignities men come to dignities. - Francis Bacon

By indignities men come to dignities. – Francis Bacon

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The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil. – Francis Bacon

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It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth mans mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth mens minds about to religion. – Francis Bacon

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This is the foundation of all. We are not to imagine or suppose, but to discover, what nature does or may be made to do. – Francis Bacon

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A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help. – Albert Schweitzer

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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner. – P. J. ORourke

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Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision. – Ayn Rand

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Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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