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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
— Francis Bacon
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This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
— Francis Bacon
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God's first creature, which was light.
— Francis Bacon
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As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.
— Francis Bacon
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The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
— Lord Acton
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The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together:…
— Francis Bacon
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
— Kevin Bacon
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All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences, a fact which is obvious…
— Roger Bacon
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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
— Lord Acton
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We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no…
— Douglas Bader
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A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that which is unforeseen by the order of…
— Alain Badiou
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There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary…
— Lord Acton
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Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You…
— Erykah Badu
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The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and…
— Walter Bagehot
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An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to…
— Walter Bagehot
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Being trendy is dangerous. I've never been trendy, which is why I've never really fallen out of favour.
— David Bailey
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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by…
— Abigail Adams
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
— Abigail Adams
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I'm pretty Sicilian if I've been crossed. I don't seek revenge, but I never forget. And I make it hard to repair, which is not…
— Amy Adams
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One of the points in which I was especially interested was the Jim Crow regulations, that is, the system of separation of the races in…
— Ray Stannard Baker
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