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