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

Quote by Francis Bacon

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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.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

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...

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.

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but...

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but...

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

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...

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the...

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the...

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

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...

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job...

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job...

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and...

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and...

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..

Rebellions of the belly are the worst.

Rebellions of the belly are the worst.

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;...

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...

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and...

Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and...

You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their...

You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their...