Quote #89
Boldness is ever blind; for it seeth not dangers and inconveniences.
More from Francis Bacon
- There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise.
- A good name is like a precious ointment; it filleth all around about, and will not easily away; for the odors of ointments are more durable…
- It is an assured sign of a worthy and generous spirit, whom honor amends. For honor is, or should be, the place of virtue and as in nature,…
- In charity there is no excess.
- Nuptial love maketh mankind, friendly love perfecteth it, but wonton love corrupteth and embaseth it.
- If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other …
- For it is a true rule, that love is ever rewarded either with the reciproque, or with an inward and secret contempt.
- The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.