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Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes
«Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him ... when the hill stood still, he was never a wit abashed, but said, 'If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.'»
«Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
debases, nuptial, nuptials, perfects, wanton
«There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.»
«The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes a wrong one. Nay, it is obvious that the more active and swift the latter is the further he will go astray.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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astray, lame, outstrip, outstripped, outstripping, outstrips, runner, runners, runner up, The Runner
«A man cannot speak to his son but as a father, to his wife but as a husband, to his enemy but upon terms; whereas a friend may speak as the case requires, and not as it sorteth with the person.»
«Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh.»
«Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
affectation, affectations, incline, sophistry, universities, wits