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Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes
«Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Goodness,
Virtue
| Keywords:
dignities, mischievous
«Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically depicted, it will be as it were an ape of nature, which imitates nothing to the life, but only clumsily and awkwardly»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Habit
| Keywords:
as it were, awkwardly, clumsily, depict, depicted, depicting, depicts, formed, second nature, skillfully, wisely
«They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and if he is not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
God,
Mankind
| Keywords:
base, beasts, ignoble, kin, nobility