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Letter "F" » Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes
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«It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than one.»
«To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.»
«A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.»
«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.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Goodness,
Virtue
| Keywords:
dignities, mischievous
«For what a man would like to be true, that he more readily believes»
«No man is angry that feels not himself hurt»
«It is impossible to love and be wise»
«Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically depicted, it will be as it were an ape of nature, which imitates nothing to the life, but only clumsily and awkwardly»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Habit
| Keywords:
as it were, awkwardly, clumsily, depict, depicted, depicting, depicts, formed, second nature, skillfully, wisely
«They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and if he is not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
God,
Mankind
| Keywords:
base, beasts, ignoble, kin, nobility
«A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.»
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