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" There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little. "
Francis Bacon
Much
More
Man
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" Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. "
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" Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much. "
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" It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. "
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" The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. "
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" Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon. "
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" Friends are thieves of time. "
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" Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use. "
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" As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time. "
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" Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. "
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" It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. "
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Moral
Hard
" God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. "
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God
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" Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. "
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" Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. "
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" When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. "
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Loss
Great
" It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. "
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Desire
Strange
" Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. "
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Swallowed
Books
Others
" A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. "
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Prudent
One-Half
" Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. "
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Price
Like
" What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer. "
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Said
Would
Truth
" No body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic, and certainly, to a kingdom or estate, a just and honourable war is the true exercise. "
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Body
Exercise
Just
" They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils. "
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Must
Evils
Expect
" Wise men make more opportunities than they find. "
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Wisdom
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" Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. "
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Solitude
Beast
God
" The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express. "
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Picture
Express
Best
" I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. "
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Without
Believe
Frame
" Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice. "
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Next
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" A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. "
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" 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. "
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