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Defer not charities till death for certainly, if a man weigh it rightly, he that doth so is rather liberal of another man's than of his own.

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Francis Bacon
Age: 65 †
Born: 1561
Born: January 22
Died: 1626
Died: April 9
Astrologer
Former Lord Chancellor
Judge
Lawyer
Philosopher
Politician
Writer
Francis Bacon Saint Albans
Francis Bacon St. Albans
Franciscus Bacon de Verulamio
Franciscus Baconus de Verulamio
Francis Bacon
1st Viscount St. Alban
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Viscount Saint Alban
Baron of Verulam Bacon
Francis
Viscount St. Albans Verulam
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Francis Bacon de Verulamius
Francis Bacon of Verulam
Francis
Viscount St. Alban
Another
Rightly
Men
Doth
Liberal
Till
Charity
Certainly
Defer
Rather
Charities
Death
Weigh

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