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Letter "F" » Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes
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«Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.»
«A wise man that had it for a by-word, when he saw men hasten to a conclusion, `Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner'.»
«Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.»
«Rebellions of the belly are the worst.»
«In superstition wise men follow fools»
«It is good discretion not to make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion»
«Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Houses
| Keywords:
look on, preferred, uniformity
«Prosperity doth best discover vice, but Adversity doth best discover virtue»
«It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
History,
Judgement,
Liberty,
Truth
| Keywords:
conclusions, counsels, faculty, Faculty of, leave office, observations, Office of, represent, thereupon
«They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.»
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