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Quotation from Essays by Francis Bacon

“Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed”

Francis Bacon (spoken by Bacon)

Essays, Essay V, Of Adversity (1625 text, modernized spelling (Project Gutenberg #575))

Portrait of Francis Bacon

Adversity reveals virtue as prosperity reveals vice.

Citation: "Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed" — Francis Bacon, Essays, Essay V, Of Adversity (1625 text, modernized spelling (Project Gutenberg #575)). (id essays-bacon-q7)

Portrait: Portrait of Francis Bacon., Paul van Somer I / Formerly attributed to Frans Pourbus the Younger, Public domain.

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