Quote by Francis Bacon
It is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not

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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Philosophers make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths, and their discourses are as the stars, which give little light because they are so high. – Francis Bacon

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I did not use paint, I made myself up morally. – Eleanora Duse, Le Gaulois, 1922

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