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“In charity there is no excess.”
Source: The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High-Chancellor of England: Methodized, and Made English from the Originals, with Occasional Notes, To Explain what is Obscure; and Show how Far the Several PLANS of the AUTHOR, for the Advancement of All the Parts of Knowledge, Have Been Executed to the Present Time
“It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.”
“We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.”
“We think according to nature. We speak according to rules. We act according to custom.”
“There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.”
Source: Francisci Baconi Baronis de Verulamio ... Opera Omnia Quatuor Voluminibus Comprehensa: Containing, I. His Natural history. II. Physiological and medical remains. III. The new Atlantis. IV. His Apothegms. V. Essays. VI. Colours of good and evil. VII. History of the reign of Henry VII. VIII. History of Henry VIII. IX. Beginning of the history of Great Britain. X. Of a war with Spain. XI. Of an holy war. XII. The history of the office of alienations. XIII. Advice to the Duke of Buckingham, Sir Geor
“They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations.”
Source: The Major Works
Source: The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High-Chancellor of England: Methodized, and Made English from the Originals, with Occasional Notes, To Explain what is Obscure; and Show how Far the Several PLANS of the AUTHOR, for the Advancement of All the Parts of Knowledge, Have Been Executed to the Present Time
“Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.”
“Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.”
Source: The New Organon: or True Directions Concerning the Interpretation of Nature
“Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.”
“Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.”
“The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.”