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Letter "F" » Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes
«No man's fortune can be an end worthy of his being.»
«There be three things which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile soil, busy workshops, easy conveyance for men and goods from place to place»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
conveyance, fertile, goods, prosperous, soil, workshops
«All rising to a great place is by a winding stair»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
rising, stair, winding, windings, wind rose
«As in nature, things move violently to their place and calmly in their place, so virtue in ambition is violent, in authority settled and calm.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
calm, calmly, settled, violent, violently
«Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands»
«The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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Relationships
| Keywords:
correlative, hating
«Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Fame
| Keywords:
drowns, swollen, weightier, weighty
«Suspicions amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they ever fly by twilight.»
«It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.»
«To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the best precepts of long lasting.»
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