"The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored……" — Francis Bacon
"The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon."
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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 Affliction Quotes
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The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction.
— Abu Bakr
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Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested…
— James A. Baldwin
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As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!
— Robert Burns
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God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into…
— Richard Cecil
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No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never…
— Victor Hugo
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What I point out to you is only that you shouldn't allow yourselves to be confused by others. Act when…
— Unknown Author
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A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of…
— John Climacus
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Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to…
— Tryon Edwards
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In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
— John Bunyan
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When old companions, old lusts, and sins crowd in upon you, and when you feel that you are ready to…
— Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
— John Donne
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