275 ordspråk av Francis Bacon, Sr.
Francis Bacon, Sr.
Francis Bacon, Sr. föddes den January 22nd 1561 och dog den 9 April 1626
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 People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors. |
| Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it |
| Poesy was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind. |
| Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain that the viruous. |
| Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration but no rest. |
| Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue. |
| Prosperity doth best discover vice, but Adversity doth best discover virtue |
| Pyrrhus, when his friends congratulated to him his victory over the Romans under Fabricius, but with great slaughter of his own side, said to them, "Yes; but if we have such another victory, we are undone |
| Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider . . . Histories make men wise. |
| Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. |
| Reading maketh a full man. |
| Rebellions of the belly are the worst. |
| Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. |
| Revenge is a kind of wild justice. |
| Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. |
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Proverb (1469548 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
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