Age will not be defied.

Quote by Francis Bacon

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Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us,...

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us,...

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

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...

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...

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

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..

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

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...

Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his...

Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his...

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments...

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments...

As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which...

As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which...

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the...

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the...

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.

The place of justice is a hallowed place.

The place of justice is a hallowed place.

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...