"Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit……" — Francis Bacon
"Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men."
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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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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want…
— Jane Austen
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A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
— Francis Bacon
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There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.
— Honore de Balzac
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Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.
— Sholom Aleichem
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The Shades never recorded anything, Little Daddy and the Bachelors recorded a couple of records, ya.
— Tommy Chong
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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I…
— Eric Clapton
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The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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Nowadays, all the married men live like bachelors, and all the bachelors like married men.
— Oscar Wilde
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What I've learned from fatherhood is that having a son cannot, did not, change my love for The Bachelor! I…
— Jason Biggs
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The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
— Finley Peter Dunne
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Women are always anxious to urge bachelors to matrimony; is it from charity, or revenge ?.
— Louis Gustave Vapereau
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