Quotes from authors passed in 1626
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
Francis Bacon
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
Francis Bacon
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
Francis Bacon
Knowledge is power.
Francis Bacon
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
Francis Bacon
John Ensign 
Princess Diana 
Jim Capaldi 
Scott Adams 
William Cowper 
Benjamin West 
Vernor Vinge 
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