Francis Bacon ( 10 of 168 )
All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either
upon an art, or upon read more
All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either
upon an art, or upon a man.
- Francis Bacon,
Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.
Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but read more
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.
The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the
vicissitude of sects and religions.
The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the
vicissitude of sects and religions.
Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of read more
Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own vaunts.
Acorns were good till bread was found.
Acorns were good till bread was found.
So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga read more
So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga sive bacillum vere superius
inflexum sit.]
States are great engines moving slowly.
States are great engines moving slowly.
