Francis Bacon ( 10 of 168 )
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Acorns were good till bread was found.
Acorns were good till bread was found.
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.
Boldness is a child of ignorance.
Boldness is a child of ignorance.
States are great engines moving slowly.
States are great engines moving slowly.
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.
Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
There arises from a bad and inapt formation of words, a wonderful obstruction to the mind.
There arises from a bad and inapt formation of words, a wonderful obstruction to the mind.
I had rather believe all the fables in the Legends and the Talmud
and the Alcoran, than that this read more
I had rather believe all the fables in the Legends and the Talmud
and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a
mind.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
