Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

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Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost...

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost...

God Almighty first planted a garden.

God Almighty first planted a garden.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel,...

Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel,...

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Boldness is a child of ignorance

Boldness is a child of ignorance

They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to...

They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to...

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what...

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what...

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is...

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is...

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

Knowledge itself is power

Knowledge itself is power

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.

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...

The worst men often give the best advice.

The worst men often give the best advice.

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they...

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they...