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Francis Bacon
Mahomet made the...
Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him . . . when the hill stood still, he was never a whit...
Who questions much,...
Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.
Source: In
Opportunity makes a...
Opportunity makes a thief.
Source: In
Be not penny-wise....
Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to...
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...
Books must follow...
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Source: Proposition touching...
Silence is the...
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Source: In
Pictures and shapes...
Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.
Antiquities are history...
Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of...
Money makes a...
Money makes a good servant, but a bad master.
Source: In
[Knowledge is] a...
[Knowledge is] a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's...
There is a...
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that...
Science is but...
Science is but an image of the truth.
Source: In
The mould of...
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
Source: In
Many a man's...
Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.
That other principle...
That other principle of Lysander, 'That children are to be deceived with comfits, and men with...
I have taken...
I have taken all knowledge to be my province.
Source: Letter to Lord Burleigh,...
Speech of yourself...
Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen.
Source: In
Nothing is pleasant...
Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.
Source: In
Who ever is...
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
Source: In