Francis Bacon: Cosmus, Duke of Florence , was wont to say of perfidious friends, that "We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; bu

Cosmus, Duke of Florence , was wont to say of perfidious friends, that "We read — Francis Bacon

Cosmus, Duke of Florence , was wont to say of perfidious friends, that "We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends."

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