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PHILOSOPHY > philosopher, statesman, essayist > Francis Bacon
Just as it...
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Just as it is always said of slander that something always sticks when people boldly slander, so it might be said of self-praise (if it is not entirely shameful and ridiculous) that if we praise ourselves fearlessly, something will always stick.
Source: The Advancement of Learning.
-- Francis Bacon, (Jan 22 1561-1626), English philosopher, statesman, essayist; He was an early advocate of inductive learning from intensive observation; wrote Novum Organum, 1620.