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Letter "F" » Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes
«God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
Almighty, garden, God Almighty, indeed, planted, pleasures, purest
«God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Atheism,
God
| Keywords:
atheism, convince, Miracles, ordinary, wrought
«The zeal which begins with hypocrisy must conclude in treachery; at first it deceives, at last it betrays»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
at first, at last, betraying, betrays, conclude, concludes, concluding, deceives, hypocrisies, hypocrisy, treachery, zeal
«A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Atheism
| Keywords:
atheism, depth, philosophy
«Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Adversity,
Prosperity
| Keywords:
comforts
«Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.»
«Wise men make more opportunities than they find.»
«The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.»
«Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Learning,
Men,
Opinions,
Thinking
| Keywords:
commonly, custom, imbibed, imbibes, inclinations
«If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Courtesy,
Grace,
Relationships
| Keywords:
citizen, Continent, courteous, cutting off, cut off, gracious, island, joins, lands, show off, Strangers
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