I should have been, I don't know, a con-man, a robber or a prostitute. But it was vanity … - Francis Bacon - Quotesmemo.com

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Democracy is good for everybody.

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Francis Bacon

I should have been, I don't know, a con-man, a robber or a prostitute. But it was vanity that made me choose painting, vanity and chance.

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