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Letter "F" » Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes
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«Certainly it is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs.»
«In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues.»
«Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Authority,
Equality,
Power
| Keywords:
interchange, interchanging, stretched, unequal, untimely
«Nuptial love maketh mankind; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.»
«There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.»
«Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.»
«Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.»
«The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.»
«He said it, that knew it best.»
«It is nothing won to admit men with an open door, yet to receive them with a shut and reserved countenance.»
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