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Francis Bacon

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“Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“A wise man will make more opportunities, than he finds.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children, is increased with tales, so is the other.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“Fortune is like the market; where many times if you can stay a little, the price will fall.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge, keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal, and do well.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“There is a wisdom in this; beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation, what he finds good of, and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“For it is a true rule, that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque, or with an inward and secret contempt.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“Nuptial love maketh mankind; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth, and embaseth it.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“It is a strange desire, to seek power and to lose liberty: or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“A man that is young in years, may be old in hours, if he have lost no time.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“Young men are fitter to invent, than to judge; fitter for execution, than for counsel; and fitter for new projects, than for settled business.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“the rebellions of the belly are the worst.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“There is no excellent beauty, that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“For if absurdity be the subject of laughter, doubt you not but great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“As the births of living creatures, at first are ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“Certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoln, and drowns things weighty and solid.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

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