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Quotation from New Atlantis by Francis Bacon
“But we do hate all impostures, and lies”
New Atlantis, Father of Salomon's House, on the houses of deceits of the senses (Project Gutenberg #2434 (Harvard Classics text))
Having described houses for demonstrating illusions, the Father insists that Fellows who dress up a natural work to seem miraculous are punished with ignominy and fines.
Citation: "But we do hate all impostures, and lies" — Francis Bacon, New Atlantis, Father of Salomon's House, on the houses of deceits of the senses (Project Gutenberg #2434 (Harvard Classics text)). (id bacon-new-atlantis-q6)
