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A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul; a sick body is a prison.
| Francis Bacon | 
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A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth man’s minds about to religion.
| Francis Bacon | 
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A man finds himself seven years older the day after his marriage.
| Francis Bacon | 
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A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.
| Francis Bacon | 
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A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure.
| Francis Bacon | 
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A prudent question is onehalf of wisdom.
| Francis Bacon | 
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
| Francis Bacon | 
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All happy families resemble one another; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Leo Tolstoy Wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
| Francis Bacon | 
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By far the best proof is experience.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Civil reformation seldom is carried on without violence and confusion, whilst inventions are a blessing and a benefit without injuring or afflicting any.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.
| Francis Bacon | 
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Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.
| Francis Bacon | 
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