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Quote by Francis Bacon
Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability. - Franc

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability. – Francis Bacon

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Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. – Francis Bacon

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