Maxioms by Francis Bacon
Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.
Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.
All rising to great place is by winding stair.
All rising to great place is by winding stair.
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with
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If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with
doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.
A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul: a sick body is a prison.
A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul: a sick body is a prison.