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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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The worst solitude is to have no real friendships. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and a plane, it's just about a number. It's never been anything I understood. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

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I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

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