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Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes
«Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener, n»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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Superstition
| Keywords:
astrology, fulfilled, judgments, oftener, omen, omens, the like, vanities, wherein
«Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.»
«When you wander, as you often delight to do, you wander indeed, and give never such satisfaction as the curious time requires. This is not caused by any natural defect, but first for want of election, when you, having a large and fruitful mind, should not so much labour what to speak as to find what to leave unspoken. Rich soils are often to be weeded.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
defect, fruitful, labour, natural causes, soils, unspoken, wander, weeded
«The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
afflictions, describing, felicities, ghost, Holy Ghost, labored, Solomon
«Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people assembled. Mahomet called the hill to come to him, again and again; and when the hill stood still he was never a whit abashed, but said, 'If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill'.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
abash, abashed, again and again, assembled, his law, Mahomet, observers, offer up, the Hill, whit
