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Philip Athans
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Francis Bacon on everyone who works for or supports Donald Trump:
And certainly it is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set a house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs; and yet these men many times hold credit with their masters, because their study is but to please them and profit themselves; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs.
— May 16, 2026 11:10AM
And certainly it is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set a house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs; and yet these men many times hold credit with their masters, because their study is but to please them and profit themselves; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs.
Philip Athans
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I don't know… Francis Bacon is kind of an asshole.
— Mar 27, 2026 01:36PM
