"If money be not thy servant, it will……" — Francis Bacon
"If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him."
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Francis Bacon
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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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More Covetous Quotes
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The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
— Ben Jonson
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Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.
— Thomas Browne
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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
— Sun Tzu
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One be covetous when he has little, much or anything between, for covetousness comes from the heart, not from the…
— Charles Caldwell Ryrie
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Be thrifty, but not covetous.
— George Herbert
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Everyone asks me 'how it feels to fly.' It feels like riding in a high powered automobile, minus bumping over…
— Harriet Quimby
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The covetous man is ever in want.
— Horace
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The covetous man is always poor.
— Claudius Claudianus
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The great danger in today's world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a…
— Pope Francis
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Covetous men need money least, yet they most affect it; but prodigals, who need it most have the least regard…
— Alexander Wilson
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