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Quote by Francis Bacon
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for w

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. – Francis Bacon

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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. – Francis Bacon

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I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots. – William Butler Yeats

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Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can. – Thomas Carlyle

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All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it. – H. L. Mencken

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Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter – Like a fair picture when misfortune comes – A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting. – Aeschylus

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I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others. – Marcus Aurelius

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Lincoln was not a type. He stands alone – no ancestors, no fellows, no successors. – Robert G. Ingersoll

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