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Ought Quotes by Francis Bacon
- Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
- Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and…
- We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.
- There ought to be gardens for all months in the year, in which, severally, things of beauty may be then in season.
- We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
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- Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it… — Francis Bacon