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Letter "F" » Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes
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«A bad man is worse when he pretends to be a saint»
«As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.»
«The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot utter the one, nor will they utter the other»
«Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own vaunts»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
admiration, glorious, idols, of their own, paradise, scorn, slaves, The Idols, vaunt, vaunted, vaunts
«Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Ability,
Plants
| Keywords:
abilities, at large, bounded, directions, give forth, natural ability, plants, prune, pruned, prunes, pruning, studies
«Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Adversity,
Prosperity
| Keywords:
comforts, prosperity
«To spend too much time in studies is sloth.»
«Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
conference, conferences, exact, exacted, exacting, exacts, reading
«The place of justice is a hallowed place»
«Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Philosophy
| Keywords:
dispelling, dispels, excites, explored, studied, superficially, thoroughly
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