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Francis Bacon
If a man...
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shews he is a citizen of the world.
It is the...
It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the...
Surely every medicine...
Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies, must expect new...
The place of...
The place of justice is a hallowed place.
Source: Essays, 'Of Judicature'
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Prosperity doth best...
Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
As in nature...
As in nature things move violently to their place and calmly in their place, so virtue in ambition is violent, in...
Cato said the...
Cato said the best way to keep good acts in memory was to refresh them with new.
The remedy is...
The remedy is worse than the disease.
Source: Essays, 'Of Seditions and...
Nuptial love maketh...
Nuptial love maketh mankind; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth...
Prosperity is not...
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and...
Studies serve for...
Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.
Source: Essays, 'Of...
Man prefers to...
Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
It were better...
It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of...
A man's nature...
A man's nature runs either to herbs, or to weeds; therefore let him seasonably water the one, and destroy the...
Prosperity is the...
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New.
Let diaries, therefore,...
Let diaries, therefore, be brought in use.
Source: Essays, 'Of Travel'
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Cunning is a...
Cunning is a sinister or crooked wisdom.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...
How can I...
How can I take an interest in my work when I don't like it?
Source: Francis Bacon,...
Nakedness is uncomely...
Nakedness is uncomely as well in mind, as body.
Source: Essays, 'Of Simulation and...
It was prettily...
It was prettily devised of Aesop, `The fly sat upon the axle-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, What a dust do I...