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Quote by Francis Bacon
The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more

The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding. – Francis Bacon

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. – Francis Bacon

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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes adversity not without many comforts and hopes. – Francis Bacon

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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. – Calvin Coolidge

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Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Honor is the reward of virtue. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace. – Pierre Corneille

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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. – Epictetus

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