Maxioms by Francis Bacon
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
All rising to great place is by winding stair.
All rising to great place is by winding stair.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
read more
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
to contend.
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
