Great riches have sold more men than they have bought.
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It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.Francis Bacon
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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Histories make men wise poets, witty the mathematics, subtle natural philosophy, deep morals, grave logic And rhetoric, able to contend.
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It is scarcely possible at once to admire and excel an author, as water rises no higher than the reservoir it falls from.
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When any of the four pillars of governmentreligion, justice, counsel, and treasureare mainly shaken or weakened, men had need to pray for fair weather.
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Rebellions of the belly are the worst.
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