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Francis Bacon
Some books are...
Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.
A prudent question...
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
Source: In Instant Quotation Dictionary,...
Acorns were good...
Acorns were good until bread was found.
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Truth comes out...
Truth comes out of error more readily than out of confusion.
Source: In Isaac...
Nature is often...
Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
Source: Of Man in...
Natural abilities are...
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Source: In...
A little philosophy...
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to...
The art of...
The art of invention grows young with the things invented.
Source: In Isaac...
A wise man...
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Source: Essays: of...
Men commonly think...
Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but...
Histories make men...
Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric...
Science is the...
Science is the labor and handicraft of the mind; poetry can only be considered its...
He that will...
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest...
Friendship redoubleth joys,...
Friendship redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half.
Source: In Quotations to...
The worst solitude...
The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.
Source: In Quote Disk...
Men on their...
Men on their side must force themselves for a while to by their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with...
If a man...
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall...
Young men are...
Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter for new projects than...
When a judge...
When a judge departs from the letter of the law he becomes a lawbreaker.
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A man that...
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do...