Little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.

Quote by Francis Bacon

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Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the...

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the...

Books will speak plain when counselors blanch.

Books will speak plain when counselors blanch.

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine...

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine...

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

It is natural to die as to be born.

It is natural to die as to be born.

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant,...

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant,...

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our...

The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our...

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...

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.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages...

Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages...

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

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

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it...

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it...

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...

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

Life has so many great options but you don't have to pick what seems to...

Life has so many great options but you don't have to pick what seems to...