Silence is the virtue of fools.

Quote by Francis Bacon

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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom...

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom...

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural...

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural...

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 arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

It is natural to die as to be born.

It is natural to die as to be born.

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic...

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic...

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.

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...

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,...

Opportunity makes a thief.

Opportunity makes a thief.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense...

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense...

What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.

What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not...

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not...

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.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.