If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. —Sir Frances Bacon
“If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them.”

Sir Frances Bacon philosopher, essayist, statesman

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O & they say money's the root of all evil wrong it's the love of money that the root of all evil

Francis Mark from Birkenhead Merseyside
August 28, 2016

It's nice to be nice

Francis Mark from Birkenhead Merseyside
August 28, 2016

Nice!

Carolyn from NY
August 24, 2016

Very powerful words about being a citizen of our world. #noborders #birthright #humanrights. thank you Sir Bacon.

Nion from San Hose
August 24, 2016

nice

oran from Newark UK
August 24, 2016

If only......

Anne
August 24, 2016

Just be nice.

Chip
August 24, 2016

In today's world of rudeness it is refreshing to see there is still a location to go to one can count on for kindness and the truly important things in life.

Craig from Big Spring Texas
August 24, 2016

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