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Beauty

Beauty is as summer fruits, whic…

5 Jan , 2014  

Beauty is as summer fruits, which are easy to corrupt and cannot last; and for the most part it makes a dissolute youth, and an age a little out of countenance; but if it light well, it makes virtue shine and vice blush. Bacon, Francis

Friendship

Friends are thieves of time….

29 May , 2012  

Friends are thieves of time. Bacon, Francis

Change

He that will not apply new remed…

15 Jan , 2012  

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils. Bacon, Francis

Knowledge

If a man will begin with certain…

5 Aug , 2011  

If a man will begin with certainties, he will end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he will end in certainties. Bacon, Francis

Justice

Judges must beware of hard const…

1 Nov , 2010  

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. Bacon, Francis

Wealth

Money is like manure, of very li…

19 May , 2010  

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread. Bacon, Francis

Nature

Nature is often hidden, sometime…

19 May , 2010  

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. Bacon, Francis

Ability

Natural abilities are like natur…

19 May , 2010  

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Bacon, Francis

Goodness

Of all virtues and dignities of …

11 Jan , 2010  

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing. Bacon, Francis

Adversity

Prosperity is not without many f…

21 Nov , 2009  

Prosperity is not without many fears and distaste; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. Bacon, Francis

Adversity

Prosperity doth best discover vi…

21 Nov , 2009  

Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. Bacon, Francis

Literature

Some books are to be tasted, oth…

29 Oct , 2009  

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Bacon, Francis