Francis Bacon
England
22 Jan 1561 // 9 Apr 1626
Philosopher / Statesman / Essayist
22 Jan 1561 // 9 Apr 1626
Philosopher / Statesman / Essayist
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Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically depicted, it will be as it were an ape of nature, which imitates nothing to the life, but only clumsily and awkwardly
Great hypocrite are the real atheists
Friendship redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half
Fortune his like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall
For what a man would like to be true, that he more readily believes
For behavior, men learn it, as they take diseases, one of another
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life
Chiefly the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands
By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing over it, he is superior
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays