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«I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for the plays of W. Shakespeare, but all they got was the collected works of Francis Bacon.»
«Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.»
«When their lordships asked Bacon how many bribes he had taken he had at least the grace to get very red in the face»
Author: Edmund Bentley | Keywords: bacon, bribes
«The Christian religion, then, is not an affair of preaching, or prating, or ranting, but of taking care of the bodies as well as the souls of people; not an affair of belief and of faith and of professions, but an affair of doing good, and especially to those who are in want; not an affair of fire and brimstone, but an affair of bacon and read, beer and a bed.»
«In Plato's opinion, man was made for philosophy; in Bacon's opinion, philosophy was made for man.»
«Lisa honey, are you saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?»
Author: Dan Castellaneta (Actor, Writer) | Keywords: bacon, Lisa
«I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.»
«The Pig, if I am not mistaken, Gives us ham and pork and Bacon. Let others think his heart is big, I think it stupid of the Pig.»
Author: Ogden Nash (Writer) | Keywords: bacon, ham, mistaken, pig, pork
«I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.»