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Wife and children
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public... He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when a man should marry—"A young man not yet, an elder man not at all."
Of Marriage and Single Life, 1625
Was born on: 22.01.1561
About Author: English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist and author
Photo Source: National Portrait Gallery, London
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Peace is better than war
Reading maketh a full man
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