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

By indignities men come to dignities. – Francis Bacon

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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a mans self. – Francis Bacon

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