275 ordspråk av Francis Bacon, Sr.
Francis Bacon, Sr.
In superstition wise men follow fools
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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In things that a man would not be seen in himself, it is a point of cunning to borrow the name of the world; as to say, "The world says," or "There is a speech abroad."
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It cannot be denied that outward accidents conduce much to fortune, favor, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue; but chiefly, the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands
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It had been hard for him that spake it to have put more truth and untruth together, in few words, than in that speech: `Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast, or a god'.
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It hath been an opinion that the French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are; but howsoever it be between nations, certainly it is so between man and man
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It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding that it can hold men's hearts by hopes when it cannot by satisfaction
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It is a good point of cunning for a man to shape the answer he would have in his own words and propositions, for it makes the other party stick the less.
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It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear; and yet that commonly is the case of kings
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It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear
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It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth.
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It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than one.
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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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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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It is good discretion not to make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion
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