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

By indignities men come to dignities. – Francis Bacon

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Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. – 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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Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement. – Theodore Roosevelt

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Dear Lord we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving. – Joseph Auslander

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Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices. – Knute Rockne

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Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife. – Samuel Richardson

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I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have — if only for self-defense. – Gene Perret

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That a marriage ends is less than ideal but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds. – John Updike

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