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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The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

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...

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...

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

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

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

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

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

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

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...

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

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...

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

To choose time is to save time.

To choose time is to save time.

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke...

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke...

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone...

That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

He who will have no judge but himself condemns himself

He who will have no judge but himself condemns himself

They make a rout about universal liberty, without considering that all that is to be...

They make a rout about universal liberty, without considering that all that is to be...

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...