A king is one who has few things to desire and many things to fear.
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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.Francis Bacon
Set it down to thyself, as well to create good precedents as to follow them.
Francis Bacon
A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
Francis Bacon
It is not what men eat but what they digest that makes them strong not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned not what we preach but what we practice that makes us Christians.
Francis Bacon
We cannot too often think, that there is a never sleeping eye that reads the heart, and registers our thoughts.
Francis Bacon
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.
Francis Bacon
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