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13535 quotesNatural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Ability
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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Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.
Conceit
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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Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.
Painters and Painting
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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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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The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
Responsibility
Francis Bacon
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The place of justice is a hallowed place.
Court
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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The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.
Friends and Friendship
Francis Bacon
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There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
Beauty
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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They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.
Adaptability
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