Francis Bacon Quotes, Cat Quotes, Men Quotes

There is a cunning which we in England call "the turning of the cat" in the pan; which is, when that which a man says to another, he says it as if another had said it to him.

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By this means we presume we have established for ever, a true and legitimate marriage between the Empirical and Rational faculty; whose fastidious and unfortunate divorce and separation hath troubled and disordered the whole race and generation of mankind.

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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.

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People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

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Painting is a duality and abstract painting is an entirely aesthetic thing. It always remains on one level. It is only really interesting in the beauty of its patterns or its shapes.

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There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.

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Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.

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You can't be more horrific than life itself.

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Learning teaches how to carry things in suspense, without prejudice, till you resolve it.

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Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

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Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

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Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution.

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The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.

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Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.

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Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.

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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

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If any human being earnestly desire to push on to new discoveries instead of just retaining and using the old; to win victories over Nature as a worker rather than over hostile critics as a disputant; to attain, in fact, clear and demonstrative knowlegde instead of attractive and probable theory; we invite him as a true son of Science to join our ranks.

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Wonder is the seed of knowledge

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As the births of living creatures at first are ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.

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To know truly is to know by causes.

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