Tag: Francis Bacon
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He that hath knowledge spareth his words.
Francis Bacon
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The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
Francis Bacon
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Francis Bacon
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God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
Francis Bacon
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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
Francis Bacon
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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
Francis Bacon
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The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.
Francis Bacon
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
Francis Bacon
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
Francis Bacon
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Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
Francis Bacon