Quote #21188
Believe not much them that seem to despise riches, for they despise them that...
Category Archives: Francis Bacon
Quote #21204
We cannot command nature except by obeying her.
Quote #21220
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
Quote #21236
Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed...
Quote #21189
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most...
Quote #21205
We read that we ought to forgive our enemies but we do not read...
Quote #21221
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts but if...
Quote #21190
There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals.
Quote #21206
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that...
Quote #21222
It is impossible to love and to be wise.