Francis Bacon Quotes, Depressing Quotes, Men Quotes

A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others. For men's minds, will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil; and who wanteth the one, will prey upon the other; and whoso is out of hope, to attain to another's virtue, will seek to come at even hand, by depressing another's fortune.

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There was a young man in Rome that was very like Augustus Caesar; Augustus took knowledge of it and sent for the man, and asked him "Was your mother never at Rome?" He answered "No Sir; but my father was."

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For fountains, they are a Great Beauty and Refreshment, but Pools mar all, and make the Garden unwholesome, and full of Flies and Frogs.

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The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.

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Base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark.

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Painting gave meaning to my life which without it would not have had

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It is a good point of cunning for a man to shape the answer he would have in his own words and propositions, for it makes the other party stick the less.

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Atheism leads a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation: all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue.

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Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.

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A cat will never drown if she sees the shore.

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Antiquities, or remnants of history, are, as was said, tanquam tabula naufragii: when industrious persons, by an exact and scrupulous diligence and observation, out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages of books that concern not story, and the like, do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time.

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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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A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out.

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Money is a great treasure that only increases as you give it away.

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A man finds himself seven years older the day after his marriage.

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If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.

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...neither is it possible to discover the more remote and deeper parts of any science, if you stand but upon the level of the same science, and ascend not to a higher science.

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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.

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The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull.

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Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

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