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 gives good advice, builds with one hand he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other. – Francis Bacon

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There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not keep their suspicions in smother. – Francis Bacon

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But men must know, that in this theatre of mans life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on. – Francis Bacon

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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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Our own heart, and not other mens opinion, forms our true honor. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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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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