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Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.
Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon
Age: 65 †
Born: 1561
Born: January 22
Died: 1626
Died: April 9
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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
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My painting is not violent, it's life that is violent. Even within the most beautiful landscape, in the trees, under the leaves, the insects are eating each other violence is a part of life. We are born with a scream we come into life with a scream and maybe love is a mosquito net between the fear of living and the fear of death.
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