All Francis Bacon Sr Quotes
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The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery
Art
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The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Finds
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Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.
Authority
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Knowledge itself is power
Knowledge
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Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom
According
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The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.
Angels
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To choose time is to save time.
Choice
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This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man more free to turn and toss, and to make use…
Aphorisms
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The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity is no…
Angels
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Boldness is a child of ignorance
Boldness
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Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter for new projects than for settled business.
Business
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Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business.
Business
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Come home to men's business and bosoms.
Bosoms
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A just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war
Blow
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They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and if he is not…
Base
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Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.
Body
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God Almighty first planted a garden.
Almighty
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The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a friend.
Admonition
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He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when a man should marry? 'A young man not yet, an…
All
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Nature is a labyrinth in which the very haste you move with will make you lose your way.
Haste
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