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| Bacon Quotes | No. | Quotation | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | It is good discretion not make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion. | Achievement |
| 2 | Good thoughts, though God accept them, yet toward men are little better than good dreams except they be put in action. | Action |
| 3 | The greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel. | Advice |
| 4 | Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. | Aging |
| 5 | Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. | Aging |
| 6 | Houses are built to live in, more than to look on; therefore let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had. | Architecture |
| 7 | Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return ex reason. | Books |
| 8 | Books are ships which pass through the vast sea of time. | Books |
| 9 | Perils commonly ask to be paid on pleasures. | Danger |
| 10 | It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. | Death |
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