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Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.

~Francis Bacon

Topics: Alter Altered Better Spontaneously Things Worse

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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

~Francis Bacon

Topics: Ill Land Nothing Sea See Think

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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.

~Francis Bacon

Topics: Come Commonly Down Moment Most Those Thoughts Valuable Write

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Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

~Francis Bacon

Topics: Art Attempt Fashion Forms Intercourse Living Only Realize Social

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The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

~Francis Bacon

Topics: Art Evil Good Human Human Life Life Momentous Soul Thing Winning

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He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

~Francis Bacon

Topics: Hath He His Knowledge Words

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People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

~Francis Bacon

Topics: Devil Discovered Fool Neighbors People

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The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors.

~Francis Bacon

Topics: Hate Hating Loving Neighbors Our Ourselves

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Silence is the virtue of fools.

~Francis Bacon

Topics: Fools Silence Virtue

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Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.

~Francis Bacon

Topics: Either Felt First Good Good Things Loss Mind Rest Seek Supplied Things Will

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Philosopher

Born: January 22nd, 1561

Died: April 9th, 1626

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