Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.

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I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.

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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.

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Houses are built to live in, not to look on therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.

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Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.

Francis Bacon in Essays: Of Building (1623)
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It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

Francis Bacon in Of Death
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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

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Whoever is out of patience is out of possession of his soul. Men must not turn into bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.

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Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.

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