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Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that was what I'd become and in my late teens drifted into reading serious literature. ↗

— Russell Banks

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Rebellions of the belly are the worst. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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The place of justice is a hallowed place. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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When my parents died, it became clear to me that there was an end in sight. Death was never a real thing to me. And then when that happened I realized I only have so many years left, if I'm lucky. ↗

— Rick Baker

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Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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