Francis Bacon quotes - page 7

The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room. (Francis Bacon)
It is manifest that there is no danger at all in the proportion or quantity of knowledge, how large soever, lest it should make it swell or out-compass itself; no, but it is merely the quality of knowledge, which, be it in quantity more or less, if it be taken without the true corrective thereof, hath in it some nature of venom or malignity, and some effects of that venom, which is ventosity or swelling. This corrective spice, the mixture whereof maketh knowledge so sovereign, is charity, which the Apostle immediately addeth to the former clause; for so he saith, "Knowledge bloweth up, but charity buildeth up". View quote
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For a man to love again where he is loved, it is the charity of publicans contracted by mutual profit and good offices; but to love a man's enemies is one of the cunningest points of the law of Christ, and an imitation of the divine nature. View quote
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I bequeath my soul to God... My body to be buried obscurely. For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next age. View quote
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Lastly, there are Idols which have immigrated into men's minds from the various dogmas of philosophies, and also from wrong laws of demonstration. These I call Idols of the Theater, because in my judgment all the received systems are but so many stage plays, representing worlds of their own creation after an unreal and scenic fashion. View quote
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Sir Henry Wotton used to say that critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes. View quote
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Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much. View quote
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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted. View quote
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When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. View quote
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge. View quote
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God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation. (Francis Bacon)
The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied. View quote
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It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself. View quote
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Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. View quote
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Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. View quote
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. View quote
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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. View quote
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People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. View quote
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The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding. View quote
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If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us. View quote
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The worst men often give the best advice. (Francis Bacon)
In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees. View quote
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Science is but an image of the truth. View quote
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Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy. View quote
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God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave. View quote
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