Conceit Quote by Francis Bacon

“That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath somewhat the nature of a woman, that if she be too much wooed she is the farther off.”

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Charles V Conceit Emperor Fortune Ifs Instruction Kings Son Too much

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