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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
~ Francis Bacon (artist) ~












There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is reall...
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"There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is gene...
"A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
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