Francis Bacon quotes - page 2

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. (Francis Bacon)
By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy But in passing over it, he is superior. View quote
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship. View quote
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A man finds himself seven years older the day after his marriage. View quote
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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. View quote
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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. View quote
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Be true to thyself, as thou be not false to others. View quote
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In thinking, if a person begins with certainties, they shall end in doubts, but if they can begin with doubts, they will end in certainties. View quote
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Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress. View quote
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Imagination was given man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is. View quote
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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. (Francis Bacon)
Houses are built to live in, not to look on therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had. View quote
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Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. View quote
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Death is a friend of ours and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home. View quote
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Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business. View quote
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Who then to frail mortality shall trust, But limns the water, or but writes in dust. View quote
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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. View quote
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If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune for though she is blind, she is not invisible. View quote
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Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God. View quote
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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order. View quote
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There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health. (Francis Bacon)
Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. View quote
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Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. View quote
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It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. View quote
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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. View quote
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