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

By indignities men come to dignities. – Francis Bacon

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It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a mans self. – Francis Bacon

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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter. – Benjamin Disraeli

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A man is two people, himself and his cøck. A man always takes his friend to the party. Of the two, the friend is the nicer, being more able to show his feelings. – Beryl Bainbridge

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Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. – Robert E. Howard

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