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Quote by Francis Bacon
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men

We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. – Francis Bacon

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If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. – Francis Bacon

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Generosity
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Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution. – Francis Bacon

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We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. – Martin L. Gross, A Call for Revolution, 1993

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Religion is a man using a divining rod. Philosophy is a man using a pick and shovel. – Author Unknown

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To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both – a philosopher. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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