Tag: Francis Bacon
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The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Francis Bacon
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A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
Francis Bacon
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By indignities men come to dignities.
Francis Bacon
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Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.
Francis Bacon
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Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
Francis Bacon
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The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen. The reason was because the religion of the heathen consisted rather in rites and ceremonies than in any constant belief.
Francis Bacon
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Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
Francis Bacon
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The worst men often give the best advice.
Francis Bacon
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Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.
Francis Bacon
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Opportunity makes a thief.
Francis Bacon