Tag: Francis Bacon
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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
Francis Bacon
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Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.
Francis Bacon
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
Francis Bacon
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I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind.
Francis Bacon
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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
Francis Bacon
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Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.
Francis Bacon
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No body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic, and certainly, to a kingdom or estate, a just and honourable war is the true exercise.
Francis Bacon
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This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
Francis Bacon
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Rebellions of the belly are the worst.
Francis Bacon
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
Francis Bacon