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Men possessing minds which are morose, solemn, and inflexible enjoy generally a greater share of dignity than of happiness (Francis Bacon Quotes)
We see spiders, flies or ants entombed and preserved forever in amber, a more than royal tomb (Francis Bacon Quotes)
Men believe that their reason governs their words; but it often happens the words have power to react on reason (Francis Bacon Quotes)
I will say positively and resolutely that is it impossible an elective monarchy should be so free and absolute as an hereditary (Francis Bacon Quotes)
A man would die, though he were neither valiant nor miserable, only upon a weariness to do the same thing so often over and over again (Francis Bacon Quotes)
The zeal which begins with hypocrisy must conclude in treachery; at first it deceives, at last it betrays (Francis Bacon Quotes)
Libraries are as the shrines where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved and reposed (Francis Bacon Quotes)
There is no way but to meditate and ruminate well upon the effects of anger, how it troubles man’s life; and the best time to do this is to look back upon anger when the fit is thoroughly over (Francis Bacon Quotes)
The great atheists are, indeed, the hypocrites, which are ever handling holy things, but without feeling; so as must need be cauterized in the end (Francis Bacon Quotes)
For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast (Francis Bacon Quotes)
A man’s own observation, what he find good of, and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health (Francis Bacon Quotes)
Merit and good works is the end of man’s motion, and conscience of the same is the accomplishment of man’s rest (Francis Bacon Quotes)
Neither the naked hand nor the understanding, left to itself, can do much; the work is accomplished by instruments and helps, of which the need is not less for the understanding than the hand (Francis Bacon Quotes)
All authority must be out of a man’s self, turned... Either upon an art, or upon a man (Francis Bacon Quotes)
Dramatical or representative poesy is, as it were, a visible history; for it sets out the image of things as if they were present (Francis Bacon Quotes)
Natures that have much heat, and great and violent desires and perturbations, are not ripe for action till they have passed the meridian of their years (Francis Bacon Quotes)
Time is like a river, in which metals and solid substances are sunk, while chaff and straws swim upon the surface (Francis Bacon Quotes)
Of all things known to mortals wine is the most powerful and effectual for exciting and inflaming the passions of mankind, being common fuel to them all (Francis Bacon Quotes)
Thales was reputed to be one of the wise men who made answer to the question when a man should marry: A young man not yet, an old man not at all (Francis Bacon Quotes)
The proverb is true, that light gains make heavy purses; for light gains come often, great gains now and then (Francis Bacon Quotes)
If a man read little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not (Francis Bacon Quotes)
Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants, but not always best subjects; for they are light to run away, and almost all fugitives are of that condition (Francis Bacon Quotes)
The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how otherwise can so many heads agree together as one? (Francis Bacon Quotes)
Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows vain persons than virtuous ones (Francis Bacon Quotes)
Surely the continual habit of dissimulation is but a weak and sluggish cunning, and not greatly politic (Francis Bacon Quotes)
For friends... Do but look upon good books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble (Francis Bacon Quotes)
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea (Francis Bacon Quotes)
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other (Francis Bacon Quotes)
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes (Francis Bacon Quotes)
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable (Francis Bacon Quotes)