Francis Bacon Quotes on Risk
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Boldness is ever blind; for it seeth not dangers and inconveniences.
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The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.
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Cure the disease and kill the patient.
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So ambitious men, if they find the way open for their rising, and still get forward, they are rather busy than dangerous; but if they be checked in their desires, they become secretly discontent, and look upon men and matters with an evil eye, and are best pleased, when things go backward.