There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear … - Francis Bacon

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A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.

Francis Bacon

There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death. . . Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honor aspireth to it; grief flieth to it.

Fear, Grief, Man, Revenge, Slights, Triumphs

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The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.

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Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.

Alter, Change, Life, Philosophical, Spontaneously, Worse

It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.

Everybody, Fate, Man, Men, Well Known

Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.

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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.

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Steig Larsson

Salander was afraid of no-one and nothing. She realized that she lacked the necessary imagination - and that was evidence enough that there was something wrong with her brain.

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George Bernard Shaw

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I believe it is both unwise and even wrong to interfere in the affairs of other nations. Indeed, if we are honest, we will see that this is one of the reasons for 9-11.

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