WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:16:01 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg corruptability – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Bacon, Francis -- “Of Beauty,” Essays, No. 43 (1625) https://wist.info/bacon-francis/41505/ https://wist.info/bacon-francis/41505/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2020 21:16:51 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=41505 Beauty is as summer fruits, which are easy to corrupt, and cannot last.


Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, scientist, author, statesman
“Of Beauty,” Essays, No. 43 (1625)
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Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) English writer and printer
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