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

By indignities men come to dignities. – Francis Bacon

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Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to mens manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Therefore set it down: That a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral. – Francis Bacon

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The less men think, the more they talk. – Charles de Montesquieu

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Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. – Matthew Arnold

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Reasonable men adapt to the world around them unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men. – Edwin Louis Cole

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In man thought and will prevail, and a desire for liberty and honor. He must act and work, toil and labor, and can preserve his dignity and standing in the world only by acting from principles and clear comprehensions. – Frederick A. Rauch, “Of Man,” Psychology; or, A View of the Human Soul: Includin

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