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Quote by Francis Bacon
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. – Francis Bacon

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In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues. – Francis Bacon

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I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. – Francis Bacon

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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you. – Arthur Ashe

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