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Francis Bacon Quotes: Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own vaunts.
         

Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own vaunts.


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This page presents the quote "Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own vaunts.". Author of this quote is Francis Bacon. This quote is about men, idols, scorn, glorious, vain, paradise, admiration, wise, vanity,.