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It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.
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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I use all sorts of things to work with: old brooms, old sweaters, and all kinds of peculiar tools and materials... I paint to excite myself, and make something for myself.
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Nothing is to be feared but fear.
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Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs.
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Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.
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I work for posterity, these things requiring ages for their accomplishment.
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My praise shall be dedicated to the mind itself. The mind is the man, and the knowledge is the mind. A man is but what he knoweth. The mind is but an accident to knowledge, for knowledge is the double of that which is.
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