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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
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The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding.
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A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out.
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Great riches have sold more men than they have bought.
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Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener.
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In all superstition wise men follow fools.
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O life! An age to the miserable, a moment to the happy.
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We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.
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Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.
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Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.
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In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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