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Quote by Francis Bacon
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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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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying. – Francis Bacon

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For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse. – Samuel Richardson

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Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other “sins” are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not a sin — just stupid.) – Robert A. Heinlein

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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking. – Henry Louis Mencken, “Sententiae,” This and That: A Mencken Chrestomathy, 1948

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The only guy I have to get better than is who I am right now. – M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter

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