Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be…

Francis Bacon
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Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt. ✨ Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath (2011). The Works of Francis Bacon, p.78, Cambridge University Press
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Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt. ✨ Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath (2011). The Works of Francis Bacon, p.78, Cambridge University Press

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