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• Chiefly the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of Fortune...
• Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man. -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
• Anger makes dull men witty--but it keeps them poor. -- Sir Francis Baco
• Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
  -- Francis Baco...
• Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of Revenge...
• Boldness is a child of ignorance. -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
• Knowledge is power. -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
• Rebellions of the belly are the worst. -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
• It is a good point of cunning for a man to shape the answer he would have in his own words and propositions, for it makes the other party stick the less.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of Cunning...