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Letter "F" » Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes
«When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.»
«The speaking in perpetual hyperbole is comely in nothing but love»
«He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it rightly, rather liberal of another man's goods than his own»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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Charity
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deferred, deferring, defers, goods, rightly, weighs
«Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. In everything man has accomplished, we have only manipulated nature into doing what it is.»
«Nature is a labyrinth in which the very haste you move with will make you lose your way.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Nature
| Keywords:
haste, labyrinth, labyrinths
«Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.»
«Certainly it is a heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind to move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.»
«The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.»
«Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.»
«That things are changed, and that nothing really perishes, and that the sum of matter remains exactly the same, is sufficiently certain.»
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