"Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and……" — Francis Bacon
"Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory."
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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 Displease Quotes
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one of 23 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right,…
— William J. H. Boetcker
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Those who behave in ways that displease you are sending out their disharmony toward you because that is what they…
— Wayne Dyer
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What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.
— Saint Augustine
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The freedom of speech and the freedom of the press have not been granted to the people in order that…
— Samuel Gompers
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I recognize thart even you, yourself, will change. Your ideals will change, your tastes will change, your desires will change.…
— Neale Donald Walsch
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Jobs that require a suit upset me. They displease me much, as our world is rife with such superficial conformity.
— Nick Offerman
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If bodies please thee, praise God on occasion of them, and turn back thy love upon their Maker; lest in…
— Saint Augustine
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It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right.
— William J. H. Boetcker
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How is it possible for one’s heart to be certain that one is going to meet Allah, that Allah sees…
— Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
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The sanctified body is one whose hands are clean. The stain of dishonesty is not on them, the withering blight…
— A B Simpson
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Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till…
— Oliver Goldsmith
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It doesn't matter if you please the whole world and don't please Jesus. But if you please Jesus, it doesn't…
— Adrian Rogers
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