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

Quote by Francis Bacon

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Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be...

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be...

Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.

Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

By indignities men come to dignities.

By indignities men come to dignities.

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she...

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she...

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job...

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job...

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...

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

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

Science is but an image of the truth.

Science is but an image of the truth.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused...

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused...

For also knowledge itself is power.

For also knowledge itself is power.

Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the...

Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the...

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.

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation...

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation...

Acorns were good until bread was found.

Acorns were good until bread was found.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.