Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Quote by Francis Bacon

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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...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.

They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.

To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of...

To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of...

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...

Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.

Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.

Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his...

Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his...

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments...

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments...

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

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

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

Acorns were good until bread was found.

Acorns were good until bread was found.

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions,...

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions,...

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...

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

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

The four pillars of government . . . (which are religion, justice, counsel, and treasure).

The four pillars of government . . . (which are religion, justice, counsel, and treasure).

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number...

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number...

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing...

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing...

Rebellions of the belly are the worst.

Rebellions of the belly are the worst.