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Man was formed for society.

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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
Francis
Viscount Saint Alban
Baron of Verulam Bacon
Francis
Viscount St. Albans Verulam
Franciscus Bacon
Francis Bacon de Verulamius
Francis Bacon of Verulam
Francis
Viscount St. Alban
Formed
Society
Men

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The place of justice is a hallowed place.
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Nothing is to be feared but fear.
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If I might control the literature of the household, I would guarantee the well-being of Church and State.
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Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the mother.
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There was never law, or sect, or opinion did so much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion doth.
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Rebellions of the belly are the worst.
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Again there is another great and powerful cause why the sciences have made but little progress which is this. It is not possible to run a course aright when the goal itself has not been rightly placed.
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God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
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Laws and Institutions Must Go Hand in Hand with the Progress of the Human Mind.
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It was well said that envy keeps no holidays.
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A man were better relate himself to a statue or picture than to suffer his thoughts to pass in smother.
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For no man can forbid the spark nor tell whence it may come.
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Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.
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The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
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It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than one.
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Jesus would have been one of the best photographers that ever existed. He was always looking at the beauty of people souls. In fact Jesus was constantly making pictures of God in people's life by looking at their souls and exposing them to his light.
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We only have our nervous system to paint.
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Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.
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A man who contemplates revenge keeps his wounds green.
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