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• Virtue is like a rich stone,--best plain set. -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of Beauty
• Silence is the virtue of fools. -- Francis Baco
• Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
  -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)...
• Virtue is like precious odours,--most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of Adversity...
• Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best serva
  but not always best subjects. -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626)...
• Money is like muck, not good unless it be spread. -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
• It is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs.
  -- Francis Baco...
• In charity there is no excess. -- Francis Baco
• Knowledge is power. -- Francis Baco