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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
~ Francis Bacon
Authority
Daughter
Time
Truth
Truth Is
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Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
~ Francis Bacon
Best
Like
Plain
Rich
Set
Stone
Virtue
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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
~ Francis Bacon
Beholden
Men
Much
Others
Ought
Write
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We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.
~ Francis Bacon
Cannot
Command
Except
Her
Nature
Obeying
We Cannot
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What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.
~ Francis Bacon
Answer
Said
Stay
Truth
Would
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When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.
~ Francis Bacon
Forgive
Friends
Great
He
His
Laughs
Loses
Loss
Man
Many
Never
Prerogative
Troubles
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Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
~ Francis Bacon
Ever
Out
Patience
Possession
Soul
Who
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Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.
~ Francis Bacon
Learn
Much
Questions
Retain
Shall
Who
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
~ Francis Bacon
Beast
Delighted
Either
God
Solitude
Whosoever
Wild
Wild Beast
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Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
~ Francis Bacon
Find
Make
Men
More
Opportunities
Than
Wise
Wise Men
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Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
~ Francis Bacon
Age
Companions
Men
Middle
Middle Age
Mistresses
Nurses
Old
Wives
Young
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
~ Francis Bacon
Come
Commonly
Down
Moment
Most
Those
Thoughts
Valuable
Write
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Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
~ Francis Bacon
Business
Counsel
Execution
Fit
Invent
Judge
More
New
New Projects
People
Projects
Settled
Than
Young
Young People
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Anger is certainly a kind of baseness, as it appears well in the weakness of those subjects in whom it reigns: children, women, old folks, sick folks.
~ Francis Bacon
Anger
Appears
Certainly
Children
Folks
Kind
Old
Reigns
Sick
Subjects
Those
Weakness
Well
Whom
Women
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Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon.
~ Francis Bacon
Certainly
Enemy
Even
He
His
Man
Over
Pardon
Part
Passing
Prince
Revenge
Superior
Taking
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It is a true rule that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt.
~ Francis Bacon
Contempt
Either
Ever
Inward
Love
Love Is
Rewarded
Rule
Secret
True
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No body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic, and certainly, to a kingdom or estate, a just and honourable war is the true exercise.
~ Francis Bacon
Body
Certainly
Estate
Exercise
Just
Kingdom
Natural
Neither
Nor
Politic
True
War
Without
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The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen. The reason was because the religion of the heathen consisted rather in rites and ceremonies than in any constant belief.
~ Francis Bacon
About
Any
Because
Belief
Ceremonies
Constant
Divisions
Evils
Heathen
Quarrels
Rather
Reason
Religion
Rites
Than
Unknown
Were
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Francis Bacon
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BirthDate
22 January, 1561
DeathDate
09 April, 1626
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