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Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

by Francis Bacon, Sr. Found in: Houses Quotes,
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him read more

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is

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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.

by Francis Bacon, Sr. Found in: Losing Quotes,
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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than read more

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order.

by Francis Bacon, Sr. Found in: Discretion Quotes,
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If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that read more

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them.

by Francis Bacon, Sr. Found in: Grace Quotes,
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