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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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot...

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot...

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise...

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise...

Science is but an image of the truth.

Science is but an image of the truth.

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...

Friends are thieves of time.

Friends are thieves of time.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

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.

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.

Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.

Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.

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...

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.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Time is the measure of business.

Time is the measure of business.

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

One reason we have children I think is to learn that parts of ourselves we...

One reason we have children I think is to learn that parts of ourselves we...

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's...

The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's...