Quote by Francis Bacon
By indignities men come to dignities. - Francis Bacon

By indignities men come to dignities. – Francis Bacon

Other quotes by Francis Bacon

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of mans body. – Francis Bacon

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Poetry
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A little philosophy inclineth mans mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth mens minds about to religion. – Francis Bacon

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Men
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Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. – Francis Bacon

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Fame
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That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent. – Aldous Huxley

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Men

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. – George Orwell

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Men

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Men

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men. – Pope John Paul II

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Men

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In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankinds concern is charity. – Alexander The Great

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In jealousy there is more self-love than love. – François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 1665

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Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion. – Lorraine Anderson

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