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

Quote by Francis Bacon

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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.

Money is a good servant but a bad master.

Money is a good servant but a bad master.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen...

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen...

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...

By indignities men come to dignities.

By indignities men come to dignities.

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel;...

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel;...

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Age will not be defied.

Age will not be defied.

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.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused...

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused...

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

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

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

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

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

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.

You see, its never the environment; its never the events of our lives, but the...

You see, its never the environment; its never the events of our lives, but the...

When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.

When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give...

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give...