Quote by Francis Bacon
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. - Francis Bacon

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. – Francis Bacon

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This is the foundation of all. We are not to imagine or suppose, but to discover, what nature does or may be made to do. – Francis Bacon

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Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect. – Bruno Bettelheim

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Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a corner and must say something. – Frank Crane

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Luck marches with those who give their very best. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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