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

Quote by Francis Bacon

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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.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

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...

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never...

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never...

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.

Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she...

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she...

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of...

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of...

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

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

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

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...

Books will speak plain when counselors blanch.

Books will speak plain when counselors blanch.

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only...

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only...

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of...

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of...

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

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...

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be...

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be...