"The fortune which nobody sees makes a person……" — Francis Bacon
"The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied."
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Francis Bacon
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261 Quotes by Francis Bacon
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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 that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of…
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Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
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Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is…
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The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen…
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Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.
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