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Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages of books, and the like, we do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time

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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
— Francis Bacon, Sr.
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— Francis Bacon Sr.
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— Francis Bacon Sr.
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He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
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Words, as a Tartar's bow, do not shoot back upon the understanding of the wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert the judgment.
— Francis Bacon
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