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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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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. – Francis Bacon

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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. – Francis Bacon

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For one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death. – Bhagavad Gita

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All honors wounds are self-inflicted. – Andrew Carnegie

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A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. – Bible

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Tis nobler to lose honor to save the lives of men than it is to gain honor by taking them. – David Borenstein

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Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise. – Ivan Pavlov

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The house a woman creates is a Utopia. She cant help it – cant help trying to interest her nearest and dearest not in happiness itself but in the search for it. – Marguerite Duras

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If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it. – Natalie Clifford Barney

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Truth fears no questions. – Unknown

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