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Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.
Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon
Age: 65 †
Born: 1561
Born: January 22
Died: 1626
Died: April 9
Astrologer
Former Lord Chancellor
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Francis Bacon Saint Albans
Francis Bacon St. Albans
Franciscus Bacon de Verulamio
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1st Viscount St. Alban
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Baron of Verulam Bacon
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Francis Bacon de Verulamius
Francis Bacon of Verulam
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Viscount St. Alban
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Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the mother.
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Base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark.
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