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" It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about. "

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Knowledge Is Power

" Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt. "

" Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. "

" The remedy is worse than the disease. "

" Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. "

" Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. "

" If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. "

" They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils. "

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

" Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. "

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

" Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order. "

" Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. "

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" Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. "

" God's first creature, which was light. "

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" Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience. "