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A man is but what he knows.

A man is but what he knows.

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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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If I had always served God as I have served you, Madam, I should
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If I had always served God as I have served you, Madam, I should
not have great account to render at my death.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Service Quotes,
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He that seeketh to be eminent amongst able men hath a great task; but that is ever good for the read more

He that seeketh to be eminent amongst able men hath a great task; but that is ever good for the public. But he that plots to be the only figure amongst ciphers is the decay of a whole age.

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The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious read more

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of man's body.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Literature Quotes,
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