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Francis Bacon Quotes: If vices were profitable, the virtuous man would be the sinner.
         

If vices were profitable, the virtuous man would be the sinner.


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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.



All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.



It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.



Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.



There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.



Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.



Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.





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