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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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. – Francis Bacon

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