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Francis Bacon Quotes

Dramatical or representative poesy is, as it were, a visible history; for it sets out the image of things as if they were present Picture Quote #1

Natures that have much heat, and great and violent desires and perturbations, are not ripe for action till they have passed the meridian of their years Picture Quote #1

Time is like a river, in which metals and solid substances are sunk, while chaff and straws swim upon the surface Picture Quote #1

Thales was reputed to be one of the wise men who made answer to the question when a man should marry: A young man not yet, an old man not at all Picture Quote #1

The proverb is true, that light gains make heavy purses; for light gains come often, great gains now and then Picture Quote #1

If a man read little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not Picture Quote #1

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Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants, but not always best subjects; for they are light to run away, and almost all fugitives are of that condition Picture Quote #1

The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how otherwise can so many heads agree together as one? Picture Quote #1

Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows vain persons than virtuous ones Picture Quote #1

Surely the continual habit of dissimulation is but a weak and sluggish cunning, and not greatly politic Picture Quote #1

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other Picture Quote #1

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business Picture Quote #1

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I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death Picture Quote #1

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am Picture Quote #1

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man’s self Picture Quote #1

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Dramatical or representative poesy is, as it were, a visible history; for it sets out the image of things as if they were present (Francis Bacon Quotes) Natures that have much heat, and great and violent desires and perturbations, are not ripe for action till they have passed the meridian of their years (Francis Bacon Quotes) Time is like a river, in which metals and solid substances are sunk, while chaff and straws swim upon the surface (Francis Bacon Quotes) Thales was reputed to be one of the wise men who made answer to the question when a man should marry: A young man not yet, an old man not at all (Francis Bacon Quotes) The proverb is true, that light gains make heavy purses; for light gains come often, great gains now and then (Francis Bacon Quotes) If a man read little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not (Francis Bacon Quotes) Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants, but not always best subjects; for they are light to run away, and almost all fugitives are of that condition (Francis Bacon Quotes) The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how otherwise can so many heads agree together as one? (Francis Bacon Quotes) Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows vain persons than virtuous ones (Francis Bacon Quotes) Surely the continual habit of dissimulation is but a weak and sluggish cunning, and not greatly politic (Francis Bacon Quotes) He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other (Francis Bacon Quotes) Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business (Francis Bacon Quotes) I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death (Francis Bacon Quotes) I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am (Francis Bacon Quotes) There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man’s self (Francis Bacon Quotes)

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