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Quote by Francis Bacon
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and m

It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear. – Francis Bacon

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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. – Francis Bacon

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Revenge
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Francis Bacon
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I doe hold it, in the Royall ordering of Gardens, there ought to be Gardens, for all the Moneths in the Yeare: In which, severally Things of Beautie, may in then in Season. – Francis Bacon

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Gardens
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Francis Bacon
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Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love. – William Hazlitt

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Fear

Fear is the passion of slaves. – Patrick Henry

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Fear

People are only mean when theyre threatened, and thats what our culture does. Thats what our economy does. – Mitch Albom

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Fear

I know a lot of people fear the rougher types who might be at a state school, but surely it is better to know who they are and how to deal with them than for that kind of child to appear as a completely different species to yours. – Arabella Weir

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Fear

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Our hearts are drunk with a beauty our eyes could never see. – George W. Russell

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Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance. – Beverly Sills

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No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves. – Rachel Carson

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