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Letter "F" » Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes
«Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.»
«It hath been an opinion that the French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are; but howsoever it be between nations, certainly it is so between man and man»
«If thou would'st have that stream of hard-earn'd knowledge, of Wisdom heaven-born, remain sweet running waters, thou should'st not leave it to become a stagnant pond.»
«Words, when written, crystallize history; their very structure gives permanence to the unchangeable past»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
crystallize, crystallized, crystallizes, permanence, unchangeable
«Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Money
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muck, mucked, muck about
«Nothing is terrible except fear itself.»
«Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
familiarize, familiarizes, familiarizing, for a while, notions
«We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.»
«The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding.»
«A man's nature runs either to herbs, or to weeds; therefore let him seasonably water the one, and destroy the other.»
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