Francis Bacon ( 10 of 168 )
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
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."
Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves read more
Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.
To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the read more
To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the best precepts of long lasting.
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.
The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious read more
The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of man's body.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.
Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
