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Ralph Waldo Emerson: When the eyes...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: When the eyes...

When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the...

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Francis Bacon: Boldness is ever...

Francis Bacon: Boldness is ever...

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in...

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Francis Bacon: The joys of...

Francis Bacon: The joys of...

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.

Source: Of...

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Francis Bacon: Certainly it is...

Francis Bacon: Certainly it is...

Certainly it is a heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind to move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the...

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Francis Bacon: Men of age...

Francis Bacon: Men of age...

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to...

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Francis Bacon: The remedy is...

Francis Bacon: The remedy is...

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Source: Essays, 'Of Seditions and...

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Anthony J D'Angelo: Listen to your...

Anthony J D'Angelo: Listen to your...

Listen to your intuition. It will tell you everything you need to know.

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Francis Bacon: If money be...

Francis Bacon: If money be...

If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as...

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Francis Bacon: But men must...

Francis Bacon: But men must...

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be...

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Francis Bacon: All good moral...

Francis Bacon: All good moral...

All good moral philosophy is but the handmaid to religion.

Source: The Advancement...

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Francis Bacon: When he wrote...

Francis Bacon: When he wrote...

When he wrote a letter, he would put that which was most material in the postscript, as if it had been a...

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Saint Augustine: Complete abstinence is...

Saint Augustine: Complete abstinence is...

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

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Saint Augustine: What I needed...

Saint Augustine: What I needed...

What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me;...

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Saint Augustine: To abstain from...

Saint Augustine: To abstain from...

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake...

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Thomas Carlyle: The man without...

Thomas Carlyle: The man without...

The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder -- waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and,...

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Thomas Carlyle: This Mirabeau's work,...

Thomas Carlyle: This Mirabeau's work,...

This Mirabeau's work, then, is done. He sleeps with the primeval giants. He has gone over to the majority: Abiit ad...

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Thomas Carlyle: The three great...

Thomas Carlyle: The three great...

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant...

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Henry David Thoreau: The heart is...

Henry David Thoreau: The heart is...

The heart is forever inexperienced.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Edmund Burke: A thing may...

Edmund Burke: A thing may...

A thing may look specious in theory, and yet be ruinous in practice; a thing may look evil in theory, and yet be in...

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Edmund Burke: Great men are...

Edmund Burke: Great men are...

Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.

Source: In Correct Quotes...

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