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

Quote by Francis Bacon

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Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.

Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

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

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

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.

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of...

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of...

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of...

To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of...

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic...

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic...

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the...

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the...

Books will speak plain when counselors blanch.

Books will speak plain when counselors blanch.

It is natural to die as to be born.

It is natural to die as to be born.

Age will not be defied.

Age will not be defied.

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the...

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the...

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.

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

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

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

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of...

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of...

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him...

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him...