If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them.

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

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Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part...

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part...

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture...

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture...

He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it...

He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it...

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek...

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek...

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

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

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

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

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not...

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not...

The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in...

The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in...

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge...

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge...

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...

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

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

Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants...

Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants...

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do...

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do...

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...

What we're saying today is that you're either part of the solution or you're part...

What we're saying today is that you're either part of the solution or you're part...

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.