It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.

Quote by Francis Bacon

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A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him...

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him...

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses...

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses...

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job...

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job...

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable..

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable..

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations...

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations...

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

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...

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

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

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

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...

It is natural to die as to be born.

It is natural to die as to be born.

Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.

Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

Middle age is when you still believe you'll feel better in the morning.

Middle age is when you still believe you'll feel better in the morning.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.