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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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The winning of honor, is but the revealing of a man's virtue and worth, without disadvantage.
from the book "Essays" by Francis Bacon
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Art thy not content that thou hast done something conformable to thy nature, and dost thou seek to be paid for it? Just as if the eye demanded recompense for seeing, or the feet for walking. For as these members are formed for a particular purpose... so also is man formed by nature to acts of benevolence.
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As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two.
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Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
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Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.
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Nothing is worse than what we can imagine.
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I've never met another man I'd rather be.
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Respect movements, flee schools.
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