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Francis Bacon
Atheism is rather...
Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man.
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-- Francis...
It is as...
It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.
A man must...
A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.
Source: Advancement of...
The job of...
The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery.
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-- Francis Bacon, (Jan...
Boldness is a...
Boldness is a child of ignorance.
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-- Francis Bacon, (Jan 22 1561-1626),...
It is a...
It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a...
It is a...
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a...
Houses are built...
Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before...
He that gives...
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that...
Boldness is ever...
Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in...
I would live...
I would live to study, and not study to live.
Source: New Atlantis
-- Francis...
Knowledge itself is...
Knowledge itself is power.
Source: Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est; Religious...
We are much...
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to...
A graceful and...
A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.
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A bad man...
A bad man is worse when he pretends to be a saint.
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-- Francis Bacon,...
The joys of...
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.
Source: Of...
A sudden, bold,...
A sudden, bold, and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
Hope is a...
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Source: 'Apophthegms'
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I hold every...
I hold every man a debtor to his profession.
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-- Francis Bacon, (Jan 22...
Vain-glorious men are...
Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their...