Francis Bacon Quotes, Dream Quotes, Astrology Quotes

All superstition is much the same whether it be that of astrology, dreams, omen, retributive judgment, or the like, in all of which the deluded believers observe events which are fulfilled, but neglect and pass over their failure, though it be much more common.

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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

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Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending the mind.

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Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he need have a present wit; and if he read little, he need have much cunning to seem to know which he doth not.

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He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question when a man should marry? 'A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.'

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Liberty of speech invites and provokes liberty to be used again, and so bringeth much to a man's knowledge.

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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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There is another ground of hope that must not be omitted. Let men but think over their infinite expenditure of understanding, time, and means on matters and pursuits of far less use and value; whereof, if but a small part were directed to sound and solid studies, there is no difficulty that might not be overcome.

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The remedy is worse than the disease.

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Praise is the reflection of virtue.

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Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.

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Of all the things in nature, the formation and endowment of man was singled out by the ancients.

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Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy.

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If a man's wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores, splitters of hairs.

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The light that a man receives by counsel from another is drier and purer than that which comes from his own understanding and judgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs.

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The only hope [of science] ... is in genuine induction.

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When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed.

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Men leave their riches either to their kindred or their friends, and moderate portions prosper best in both.

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If I go to the National Gallery and I look at one of the great paintings that excite me there, it's not so much the painting that excites me as that the painting unlocks all kinds of valves of sensation within me which return me to life more violently.

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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

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