Age Quote by Francis Bacon Download Open image “He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers [zeros], is the decay of the whole age.” — Francis Bacon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Age Ciphers Decay Figures Plot Whole
He that seeketh to be eminent amongst able men hath a great task; but that is ever good for the public. But he that… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“For after all, what is man in creation? Is he not a mere cipher compared with the infinite, a whole compared to the nothing,… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The introduction of the cipher 0 or the group concept was general nonsense too, and mathematics was more or less stagnating for thousands of… — Alexander Grothendieck Copy Share Image
“Life was less of a mystery for every digit that age handed over to him. Time, however, became more cryptic and dealt in destructive… — Gayendra Abeywardane Copy Share Image
“His age was indeterminate. But in cynicism and general world weariness, which is a sort of carbon dating of the personality, he was about… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The child was left alone to die in the hallway. Here, in the dawn, was mortality itself. In the city were places to fall… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
All that is born and destroyed is reborn in the sweep of the ages; Life like a decimal ever recurring repeats the old figure. — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
...neither is it possible to discover the more remote and deeper parts of any science, if you stand but upon the level of the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The divisions of science are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I should have been, I don't know, a con-man, a robber or a prostitute. But it was vanity that made me choose painting, vanity… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my lyrics were… — Sabrina Claudio Copy Share Image
Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion. — Marion Jones Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I am just enjoying the dream of being Milan coach at the age of 40. — Gennaro Gattuso Copy Share Image
Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed. — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
I calculated that if I live up to the age of 80, then I end up using 450 toothbrushes in my life. All that… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image