"People have discovered that they can fool the……" — Francis Bacon
"People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors."
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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 Devil Quotes
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
— Saint Augustine
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
— Teresa of Avila
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The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate…
— Teresa of Avila
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To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.
— Pearl Bailey
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I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.
— Josephine Baker
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Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.
— Hosea Ballou
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A church debt is the devil's salary.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between…
— Hans Bender
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God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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A young woman who knows and loves the Book of Mormon, who has read it several times, who has an…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his…
— Ambrose Bierce
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It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not…
— William Blake
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