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There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
Francis Bacon

In charity there is no excess.
Francis Bacon

Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection.
Francis Bacon

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
Francis Bacon

Houses are built to live in, not to look on therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.
Francis Bacon

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested that is, some books are to be read o
Francis Bacon

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy but in passing it over, he is superior.
Francis Bacon

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.
Francis Bacon

I have taken all knowledge to by my province.
Francis Bacon

Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed for prosperity doth best discover vice
Francis Bacon

He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many.
Francis Bacon

By far the best proof is experience.
Francis Bacon

Death is a friend of ours and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.
Francis Bacon

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth.
Francis Bacon

Natural abilities are like natural plants they need pruning by study.
Francis Bacon

Never exaggerate your faults. Your friends will attend to that.
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