Quotes about Man by Francis Bacon, page 2

Francis Bacon English Philosopher

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.

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The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

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The worst men often give the best advice.

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

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There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.

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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

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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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This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.

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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.

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Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

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Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

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