Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

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Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding that it can hold...

It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding that it can hold...

Great hypocrite are the real atheists

Great hypocrite are the real atheists

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

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

History makes people wise.

History makes people wise.

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen...

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen...

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is...

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is...

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it

Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it

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...

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

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

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

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

I am the punishment of God...If you had not committed great sins, God would not...

I am the punishment of God...If you had not committed great sins, God would not...