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93 quotes (Page 3 of 4 pages)Opportunity makes a thief.
Opportunity
Francis Bacon
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Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.
Humankind
Francis Bacon
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
Doubt
Francis Bacon
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Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.
Painters and Painting
Francis Bacon
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Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.
Prosperity
Francis Bacon
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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
Adversity
Francis Bacon
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
Training
Francis Bacon
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Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.
Riches
Francis Bacon
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Riches are for spending.
Excess
Francis Bacon
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Science is but an image of the truth.
Science and Scientists
Francis Bacon
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Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Wisdom
Francis Bacon
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
Silence
Francis Bacon
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Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.
Atheism
Francis Bacon
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Some books are to be tasted; others to be swallowed; and some few to be chewed and digested.
Books - Reading
Francis Bacon
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Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen.
Speech
Francis Bacon
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Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.
Learning
Francis Bacon
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Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.
Learning
Francis Bacon
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Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they never fly by twilight.
Doubt
Francis Bacon
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The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.
Strategies
Francis Bacon
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
Beauty
Francis Bacon
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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
Desire
Francis Bacon
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The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.
Wealth
Francis Bacon
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The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.
Nationalities and Nationalism
Francis Bacon
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The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
Proverbs
Francis Bacon
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The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
Parents and Parenting
Francis Bacon
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun