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Quote by Francis Bacon
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeedin

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying. – Francis Bacon

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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a mans self. – Francis Bacon

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