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

Quote by Francis Bacon

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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant,...

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant,...

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to,...

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to,...

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it...

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it...

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be...

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be...

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.

I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.

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

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

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural...

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural...

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

It is impossible to love and be wise.

It is impossible to love and be wise.

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations...

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations...

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

It is natural to die as to be born.

It is natural to die as to be born.

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.

A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to...

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to...

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to...

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to...