The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a number of smaller stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together; so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties…

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

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He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man

Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is...

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is...

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things...

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things...

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

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.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in...

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in...

Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.

Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds...

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds...

Great hypocrite are the real atheists

Great hypocrite are the real atheists

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what...

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what...

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god

Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or...

Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or...

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if...

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if...