Francis Bacon ( 10 of 168 )
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the
cat in the pan.
There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the
cat in the pan.
To know truly is to know by causes.
To know truly is to know by causes.
Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.
Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.
A cripple in the right way may beat a racer in the wrong one. Nay, the fleeter and better the read more
A cripple in the right way may beat a racer in the wrong one. Nay, the fleeter and better the racer is, who hath once missed his way, the farther he leaveth it behind.
Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will read more
Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than read more
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to read more
The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in
amber, more durable than the monument read more
We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in
amber, more durable than the monument and embalming of the body
of any king.
