FRANCIS BACON QUOTES VIII

English philosopher (1561-1626)


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It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear.

FRANCIS BACON
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Essays


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Nothing doth so much keep men out of the Church, and drive men out of the Church, as breach of unity.

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Essays

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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.

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Essays

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It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that doth the hurt.

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Essays

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Good thoughts, though God accept them, yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act.

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Essays

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They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.

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Essays

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A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others.

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Essays

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The stage is more beholding to love than the life of man. For as to the stage, love is ever matter of comedies and now and then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief, sometimes like a Siren, sometimes like a Fury.

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Essays

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Since there must be borrowing and lending, and men are so hard of heart as they will not lend freely, usury must be permitted.

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Essays

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Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress.

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De Augmentis Scientiarum

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Man seeketh in society comfort, use, and protection.

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Advancement of Learning

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The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.

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"Of Goodness and Goodness in Nature," Essays

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Nature is often hidden; sometimes overcome; seldom extinguished.

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"Of Nature in Men," Essays

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Virtue is like precious odors -- most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.

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"Of Adversity," Essays

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If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she is blind, she is not invisible.

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"Of Fortune," Essays

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Discretion of speech, is more than eloquence.

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"Of Discourse," Essays


Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.

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"Of Studies," Essays

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So ambitious men, if they find the way open for their rising, and still get forward, they are rather busy than dangerous; but if they be checked in their desires, they become secretly discontent, and look upon men and matters with an evil eye, and are best pleased, when things go backward.

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"Of Ambition," Essays

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He that hath a satirical vein, as maketh others afraid of his wit, so he need be afraid of others' memory.

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attributed, Day's Collacon

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It is an assured sign of a worthy and generous spirit, whom honor amends. For honor is, or should be, the place of virtue; and as in nature, things move violently to their place, and calmly in their place, so virtue in ambition is violent, in authority settled and calm. All rising to great place is by a winding star; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man's self, whilst he is in the rising, and to balance himself when he is placed. Use the memory of thy predecessor, fairly and tenderly; for if thou dost not, it is a debt will sure be paid when thou art gone. If thou have colleagues, respect them, and rather call them, when they look not for it, than exclude them, when they have reason to look to be called. Be not too sensible, or too remembering, of thy place in conversation, and private answers to suitors; but let it rather be said, When he sits in place, he is another man.

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"Of Great Place", The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

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