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

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

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He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek...

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek...

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

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

For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations,...

For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations,...

He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when...

He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when...

Knowledge itself is power

Knowledge itself is power

They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to...

They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to...

History makes people wise.

History makes people wise.

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels...

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels...

Revenge is a kind of wild justice.

Revenge is a kind of wild justice.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.

Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.

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...

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires

God Almighty first planted a garden.

God Almighty first planted a garden.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world...

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world...

Questioning is the door of knowledge

Questioning is the door of knowledge

To be or not to be: that is the question.

To be or not to be: that is the question.

Solutions are not the answer.

Solutions are not the answer.