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Quote by Francis Bacon
Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely inte

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much. – Francis Bacon

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He that gives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example builds with both. – Francis Bacon

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When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. – Francis Bacon

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Its being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power – if youre willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do. – Whoopi Goldberg

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Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting. – Aldous Huxley

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We should keep silent about those in power to speak well of them almost implies flattery to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. – Jean de la Bruyere

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