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

Quote by Francis Bacon

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Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.

Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.

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...

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and...

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and...

For also knowledge itself is power.

For also knowledge itself is power.

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

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

By indignities men come to dignities.

By indignities men come to dignities.

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the...

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the...

It is natural to die as to be born.

It is natural to die as to be born.

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old...

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old...

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

Money is a good servant but a bad master.

Money is a good servant but a bad master.

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...

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...

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck...

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck...

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing...

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing...