Quote by Francis Bacon
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand he that gives good

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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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties. – 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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I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. – Edmund Burke

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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. – Hannah Arendt

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A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. – Plato

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True character arises from a deeper well than religion. – E. O. Wilson

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A violet dusk slowly deepens, while bits of Tomorrow start sticking to the last pieces of Today. – Dr.SunWolf, 2015 tweet, professorsunwolf.com

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This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess. – Rainer Maria Rilke

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