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• Libraries are the shrines where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved and reposed.
  -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)...
• Money is like muck, not good unless it be spread. -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
• Prosperity is not without many fears and distaste
  and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of Adversity...
• Eating chocolate is like being in love without the aggravation.
• 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)
• Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
  -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)...
• Sir Henry Wotton used to say that critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Apothegms, No, 64...