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«In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior»
«Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
armor, fort, fortitude, forts, marshal, marshaled, marshaling
«He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Advice,
Example,
Truth
| Keywords:
admonition, builds, counsel, counseled, counseling, example, hands down, hand down, pulls, pull down
«Money is a good servant but a bad master.»
«Little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
cymbal, galleries, gallery, talking picture, tinkle, tinkling
«Houses are built to live in and not to look on.»
«Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.»
«Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Adversity,
Virtue
| Keywords:
adversity, discovers, prosperity, vice
«Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Adversity,
Prosperity
| Keywords:
Old Testament, testament
«Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Nature
| Keywords:
extinguished, extinguishes, extinguishing, hidden, overcome, seldom
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