They that deny a God destroy mans nobility for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.
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If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune for though she is blind, she is not invisible.Francis Bacon
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When a bee stings, she dies. She cannot sting and live. When men sting, their better selves die. Every sting kills a better instinct. Men must not turn bees and kill themselves in stinging others.
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Why should a man be in love with his fetters, though of gold.
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For it is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with columbine innocency, except men know exactly all the conditions of the serpent his baseness and going upon his belly, his volubility and lubricity, his envy and sting, and the rest . . .
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It is a miserable state of mind, to have few things to desire and many things to fear And yet that commonly is the case of kings.
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