Sir Francis Bacon Quotes
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Measure not dispatch by the times of sitting, but by the advancement of business.
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Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom.
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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.
[Death]
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Men in great place are thrice servants; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business; so that they have no freedom, neither in their persons, in their actions, nor in their times.-It is a strange desire to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
[Greatness]
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Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
[Age]
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Men of noble birth are noted to be envious toward new men when they rise; for the distance is altered; it is like a deceit of the eye, that when others come on they think themselves go back.
[Envy]
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Men ought to find the difference between saltness and bitterness. Certainly, he that hath a satirical vein, as he maketh others afraid of his wit, so he had need be afraid of others' memory.
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Men possessing minds which are morose, solemn, and inflexible, enjoy, in general, a greater share of dignity than of happiness.
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Men seem neither to understand their riches nor their strength.-Of the former they believe greater things than they should; of the latter, less.
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Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason.
[Words]
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Men's thoughts are much according to their inclination.
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Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.
[Money]
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Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending the mind.
[Idleness]
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My name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations, and to the next age.
[Reputation]
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Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.
[Ability]
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Nature is commanded by obeying her.
[Nature]
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Nature is often hidden; sometimes overcome; seldom extinguished.
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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
[Acceptance]
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Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.
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No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth.
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