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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All good moral philosophy is ... but the handmaid to religion.

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

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A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.

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Some paint comes across directly onto the nervous system and other paint tells you the story in a long diatribe through the brain.

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The noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men, which have sought to express the images of their minds where those of their bodies have failed.

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Whence we see spiders, flies, or ants entombed and preserved forever in amber, a more than royal tomb.

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Knowledge is a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.

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It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.

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None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy.

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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.

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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

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For it is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with columbine innocence, except men know exactly all the conditions of the serpent: his baseness and going upon his belly, his volubility and lubricity, his envy and sting, and the rest; that is, all forms and natures of evil: for without this, virtue lieth open and unfenced.

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It's such an extraordinary supple medium that you never do quite know what paint will do.

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Out of monuments, names, words proverbs ...and the like, we do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time.

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People prefer to believe what they want to be true.

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I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.

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A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.

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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

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Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.

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