Quote by Francis Bacon
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fort

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. – Francis Bacon

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The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it. – Francis Bacon

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It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a mans self. – Francis Bacon

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A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. – Jane Austen

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Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away. – Charles V

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Misfortune does not always result in harm. – Italian Proverb

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Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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