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Francis Thompson:The chambers in the house of


The chambers in the house of dreams Are fed with so divine an air, That Time's hoary wings grow young therein, And they who walk there are most fair.
by Francis Thompson


Francis Bacon:Friends are thieves of time.


Friends are thieves of time.
by Francis Bacon


Francis Bacon:There is no excellent beauty that


There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
by Francis Bacon


Francis Bacon:The best part of beauty is that


The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
by Francis Bacon


Francis Bacon:He that will not apply new


He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.
by Francis Bacon


Francis Bacon:Nature is often hidden, sometimes


Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
by Francis Bacon


Francis Bacon:Money is like manure, of very


Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.
by Francis Bacon


Francis Bacon:Prosperity is not without many


Prosperity is not without many fears and distaste; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
by Francis Bacon


Francis Bacon:Prosperity doth best discover


Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
by Francis Bacon


Francis Bacon:Judges must beware of hard


Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.
by Francis Bacon


Francis Bacon:If a man will begin with


If a man will begin with certainties, he will end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he will end in certainties.
by Francis Bacon


Francis Bacon:Some books are to be tasted,


Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
by Francis Bacon


Francis Bacon:Wives are young men's mistresses,


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


Francis Bacon:Write down the thoughts of the


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


Francis Bacon:Truth emerges more readily from


Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.
by Francis Bacon


Francis Bacon:Of all virtues and dignities of


Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.
by Francis Bacon


Francis Palgrave:Love to his soul gave eyes; he


Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
by Francis Palgrave


Francis de Sales:Have patience with all things,


Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.
by Francis de Sales


Francis Bacon:Natural abilities are like natural


Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.
by Francis Bacon


Francis Bacon:Beauty is as summer fruits, which


Beauty is as summer fruits, which are easy to corrupt and cannot last; and for the most part it makes a dissolute youth, and an age a little out of countenance; but if it light well, it makes virtue shine and vice blush.
by Francis Bacon


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