More from Francis Bacon

  1. But we may go further, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends; without which the world is but…
  2. He that commands the sea is at great liberty, and may take as much and as little of the war as he will.
  3. Cure the disease and kill the patient.
  4. The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue, doth fall under comp…
  5. Seeming wise men may make shift to get opinion; but let no man choose them for employment; for certainly you were better take for business,…
  6. There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic. A man's own observation, what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of, is the best…
  7. Affected dispatch is one of the most dangerous things to business that can be. It is like that, which the physicians call predigestion, or …
  8. As for the passions and studies of the mind: avoid envy; anxious fears; anger fretting inwards; subtle and knotty inquisitions; joys and ex…

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