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Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.
Opposition
Francis Bacon

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Nature is commanded by obeying her.
Nature
Francis Bacon

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None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy.
Envy
Francis Bacon

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Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
Love
Francis Bacon

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Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
Age and Aging
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 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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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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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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The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
Responsibility
Francis Bacon

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The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
Nature
Francis Bacon

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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they see nothing but sea.
Discovery
Francis Bacon

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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
Philosophers and Philosophy
Francis Bacon

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What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.
Truth
Francis Bacon

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Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.
Questions
Francis Bacon

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Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
Marriage
Francis Bacon

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The easiest kind of relationship is with ten thousand people, the hardest is with one.
Relationships
Joan Baez

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun