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Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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It is a strange purpose to pursue power and lose freedom.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The head of many tall people resembles houses; the highest floor is the worst furnished.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The most shameful baseness is flattery

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Nothing is well known except through experience.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Travel is in youth a part of education and, in old age, a part of experience.

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Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The crocodiles shed tears when they devour their victims. That is their wisdom.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The bad thing about pretending to be good is that it's terrible.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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La felicidad de los grandes consiste no en sentirse felices, sino en comprender cuan felices piensan otros que han de ser ellos.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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It's very difficult to make politics and morality compatible.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The most honorable role in a conversation belongs to the one who gives occasion to it, and then to the one who directs it and makes it move from one topic to another, for thus one leads the dance.