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Other Quotes by Francis Bacon
- He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition…
- Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the…
- It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.
- The human understanding is moved by those things most which strike and enter the mind simultaneously and suddenly, and so fill the imagination; and then…
- There are and can be only two ways of searching into and discovering truth. The one flies from the senses and particulars to the most…
- ...those experiments be not only esteemed which have an immediate and present use, but those principally which are of most universal consequence for invention of…
- The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot utter the one, nor will they utter the other.
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour