275 ordspråk av Francis Bacon, Sr.
Francis Bacon, Sr.
Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business.
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Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.
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Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason
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Men's thoughts are much according to their inclination, 1 their discourse and speeches according to their learning and infused opinions.
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Money is a good servant but a bad master.
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Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.
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Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.
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My Lord St. Albans said that Nature did never put her precious jewels into a garret four stories high, and therefore that exceeding tall men had ever very empty heads.
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Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study
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Nature is a labyrinth in which the very haste you move with will make you lose your way.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. In everything man has accomplished, we have only manipulated nature into doing what it is.
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Nay, number itself in armies importeth not much, where the people is of weak courage; for, as Virgil saith, "It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be
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New nobility is but the act of power, but ancient nobility is the act of time.
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