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Man Quotes by Francis Bacon
- Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
- I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
- A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
- A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
- In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
- Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
- A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
- Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
- If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
- This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
- If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
- A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
- If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in…
- But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
- It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's…
- There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest…
- When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.
- There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.
- I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
- Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.
- Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.
- Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy,…
- 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…
- There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of…
- God Almighty first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man,…
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- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle