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It is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity. – Francis Bacon

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Wives are young mens mistresses, companions for middle age, and old mens nurses. – Francis Bacon

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Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of tricks and duplicity than straight forward and simple integrity in another. – Charles Caleb Colton

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The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right. – William Safire

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