Francis Bacon ( 10 of 168 )
Little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces read more
Little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an
exact man.
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an
exact man.
They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is
of kin to the beasts by his read more
They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is
of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not of kin to God
by his spirit, his is a base and ignoble creature.
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
to contend.
Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
To choose time is to save time.
To choose time is to save time.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him,
and from the top of it read more
Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him,
and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of
his law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come
to him, again and again, and when the hill stood still, he was
never a whit abashed, but said, "If the hill will not come to
Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill."
