Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

Sir Francis Bacon
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This world's a bubble.

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Virtue is like a rich stone best plain set.

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In taking revenge a man is but equal to his enemy but in passing it over he is his superior.

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