3 December 2020 Francis Bacon Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
3 December 2020 Francis Bacon The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
3 December 2020 Francis Bacon Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
3 December 2020 Francis Bacon Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.
3 December 2020 Francis Bacon Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
3 December 2020 Francis Bacon When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.
3 December 2020 Francis Bacon 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.