Maxioms by Francis Bacon
The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span:
In his conception wretched, from the read more
The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span:
In his conception wretched, from the womb so to the tomb.
Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years with cares and
fears.
Who then to frail mortality shall trust,
But limns the water, or but writes in dust.
All colors will agree in the dark.
All colors will agree in the dark.
A man is but what he knows.
A man is but what he knows.
Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
I hold every man a debtor to his profession.
I hold every man a debtor to his profession.