275 ordspråk av Francis Bacon, Sr.
Francis Bacon, Sr.
I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves by way of amends to be a help and ornament thereunto.
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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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I would live to study, and not study to live
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If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
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If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she is blind, she is not invisible.
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If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
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If any human being earnestly desires to push on to new discoveries instead of just retaining and using the old; to win victories over Nature as a worker rather than over hostile critics as a disputant; to attain, in fact, clear and demonstrative know
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.
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If thou would'st have that stream of hard-earn'd knowledge, of Wisdom heaven-born, remain sweet running waters, thou should'st not leave it to become a stagnant pond.
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If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.
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In charity there is no excess.
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In counsel it is good to see dangers; but in execution not to see them unless they be very great
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In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues.
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In nature things move violently to their place, and calmly in their place
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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