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It is the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.
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Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Knowledge is power.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Next to God, thy parents. Penu The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to the more ought law to weed it out.
| Francis Bacon | 
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