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The breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air than in the hand.
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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Franciscus Bacon de Verulamio
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1st Viscount St. Alban
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He that gives good advice, builds with one hand he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.
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Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.
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