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Men Quotes by Francis Bacon Sr
- Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom
- Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter for new projects than for settled business.
- Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business.
- Come home to men's business and bosoms.
- 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…
- For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations, and to the next ages.
- The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a number of smaller stars, not seen asunder, but giving light…
- Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider . . . Histories make men wise.
- Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities,…
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