EssayMen fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.Francis Bacon1625★ 6.9
EssayGod Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.Francis Bacon1625★ 6.9
EssayHope is a good Break-fast, but it is a bad Supper.Francis BaconApophthegms New and Old · 1625★ 3.7
Age, that Age appeared to be best in four things: Old Wood best to burn, Old Wine to drink, Old Friends to trust, and old Authors to read.Francis Bacon1625★ 3.6
EssayA little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.Francis Bacon1625★ 3.6
EssayProsperity doth best discover Vice; But Adversity doth best discover Vertue.Francis Bacon1625★ 3.6
EssayHe was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question when a man should marry, "A young man not yet, an elder man not at all."Francis Bacon1625★ 3.6
EssayProsperity is the Blessing of the Old Testament; Adversity is the Blessing of the New.Francis Bacon1625★ 3.6
EssayThey that deny a God destroy a man's nobility, for certainly man is of a kin to the beasts by his body; and if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.Francis Bacon1625★ 3.5
EssayThe desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.Francis BaconEssays or Counsels, Civil and Moral · 1625★ 1.9
EssayIf a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.Francis Bacon1625★ 1.9
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