"Awise man will make more opportunities than he…" — Francis Bacon
"Awise man will make more opportunities than he finds"
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261 Quotes by Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon has 261 quotes on this site.
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Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him…
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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to…
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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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Knowledge is power.
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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
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It is impossible to love and to be wise.
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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
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A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
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Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it…
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Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is…
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
— Francis Bacon
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There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of…
— Francis Bacon
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The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.
— Honore de Balzac
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Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its…
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The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds…
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when…
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India is a country in which every great religion finds a home.
— Annie Besant
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