| 192 Famous Quotes by Francis Bacon
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“Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature
runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.”
Revenge Quotes Source: Of Revenge
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“The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the
desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity
there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by
it.”
Charity Quotes Source: Essay--On Goodness
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“If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us.”
Justice Quotes |
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“Knowledge is power.”
Knowledge Quotes |
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“We cannot command nature except by obeying her.”
Nature Quotes |
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“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
Opportunity Quotes |
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“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.”
Questions Quotes |
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“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
Wisdom Quotes |
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“Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.”
Youth Quotes |
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“Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.”
Ability Quotes |
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“Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.”
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“Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.”
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“Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.”
Cunning Quotes |
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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.”
Discretion Quotes |
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“Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.”
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“Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.”
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“Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.”
Goodness Quotes |
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“Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.”
Humanity Quotes |
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“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.”
Imagination Quotes |
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“Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.”
Money Quotes |
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“Men of noble birth are noted to be envious towards new men when they rise. For the distance is altered, and it is like a deceit of the eye, that when others come on they think themselves go back.”
Nobility Quotes |
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“A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion.”
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“In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.”
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“A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.”
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“Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.”
Rhetoric Quotes |
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Francis Bacon Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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