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FRANK's Components of Creativity
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and...
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There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise.Source:...
New nobility is but the act of power, but ancient nobility is the act of time. More about this quote...
A wise man that had it for a by-word, when he saw men hasten to a conclusion, 'Stay a little, that we may make an end...
The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self. More about this quote...
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh...
He was reputed one of the wise men, that made answer to the question, when a man should marry? A young man not yet, an...
Nobility of birth commonly abateth industry.Source: Essays, 14, `Of...
He that commands the sea is at great liberty, and may take as much and as little of the war as he...
Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state; servants of fame; and servants of...
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. More about this quote...
Dreams and predictions ought to serve but for winter talk by the fireside.Source:...
There be that can pack the cards, and yet cannot play well.Source: Essays, 22, `Of...
Intermingle . . . jest with earnest.Source: Essays, 32, `Of Discourse'--...
Severity breedeth fear, but roughness breedeth hate. Even reproofs from authority ought to be grave and not...
To spend too much time in studies is sloth.Source: Essays, 50, `Of Studies'--...
The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are. More about this quote...
God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. More about this quote...
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.Source: Essays, 43, `Of Beauty'--...
Boldness is an ill-keeper of promise.Source: Essays, 12, `Of Boldness'--...
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