Silence is the virtue of fools. …
Silence is the virtue of fools.
~ Sir Francis Bacon
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Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be…
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, …
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man’s nature runs to the…
Reading maketh a full man, conference a …
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
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Read not to contradict and confute, not …
Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to…
Read not to contradict and confute, nor …
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh…
Praise from the common people is generally …
Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the…
Nature is a labyrinth in which the …
Nature is a labyrinth in which the very haste you move with will make you…
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they …
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
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In this theater of man’s life, it …
In this theater of man’s life, it is reserved only for God and for angels…
In taking revenge, a man is but …
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it…
If a man will begin with certainties, …
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he…