Francis Bacon ( 10 of 168 )
Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in read more
Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution.
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in
philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in
philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.
Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.
If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with
doubts, and are patient in read more
If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with
doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.
The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.
The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.
The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull.
The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull.
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
I would live to study, and not study to live.
I would live to study, and not study to live.
One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, read more
One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, and the great brake through."
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.
