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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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The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other. – Francis Bacon

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Superstition
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God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave. – Francis Bacon

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God
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Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. – Francis Bacon

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Fame
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The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother. – Charles Dickens

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When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man. – Diogenes

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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Wise men dont need advice. Fools wont take it. – Benjamin Franklin

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