"He that gives good advice, builds with one……" — 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 and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other."
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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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He has inhibited discussion by designating admonition as the method of dealing with a heretic- and the first method, too,…
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...The God I know is one that promotes peace and freedom. But I get great sustenance from my personal relationship.…
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Let no Christian parents fall into the delusion that Sunday School is intended to ease them of their personal duties.…
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It is a singular capriciousness of the human mind, that after all the admonitions we have had from experience on…
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That this is possible may not be denied in a world where hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people voluntarily…
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The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the…
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To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible…
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A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject; knowing that he that is such is…
— Irenaeus of Lyons
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This whole process of education is to be religious, and not only religious, but Christian. And as Christianity is the…
— Charles Hodge
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Everyone interested in licensing our field might note that the reason licensing has been invented is to protect the public,…
— Milton Glaser
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If such love obtained in the world today as the Lord intended that it should, love of God and love…
— George F. Richards
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So when Jesus says "Love your enemies," he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition.
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