It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

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

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

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad...

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad...

Fortune his like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the...

Fortune his like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the...

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Come home to men's business and bosoms.

Come home to men's business and bosoms.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

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.

Revenge is a kind of wild justice.

Revenge is a kind of wild justice.

Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically...

Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically...

Nature is a labyrinth in which the very haste you move with will make you...

Nature is a labyrinth in which the very haste you move with will make you...

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

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

Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or...

Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or...

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he...

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he...

Reading maketh a full man.

Reading maketh a full man.

Read in order to live.

Read in order to live.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.