In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
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Revenge   
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Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
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Ability   
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The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.
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Friendship   
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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
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Books   
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There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
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Beauty   
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Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.
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Death   
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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested
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Books   
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Opportunity   
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Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
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Writing   
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He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many.
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Fear   
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In charity there is no excess.
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Charity   
Work: Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature (1625)
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Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
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Education   
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Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.
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Wisdom   
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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
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Doubt   
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By far the best proof is experience.
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Experience   
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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Silence   
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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
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Doubt   
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Knowledge is power.
Subject:
Knowledge   
Work: Meditationes Sacræ. De Hæresibus. (1597)
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Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection.
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Community   
Work: The Advancement of Learning, 1605
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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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Miscellaneous   
Work: Essays
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