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“The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.”
 
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Nationality:   English
 
Date of Birth:   Jan 21, 1561
 
Date of Death:   Apr 9,  1626
 
Profession:   Philosopher
 
 
 
 
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