Every rod or staff of empire is truly crooked at the top.
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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.Francis Bacon
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The world's a bubble and the life of man Less than a span.
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A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.
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Mysteries are due to secrecy.
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There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.
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