Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.
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The eye of the understanding is like the eye of the sense for as you may see great objects through small crannies or holes, so you may see great axioms of nature through small and contemptible instances.Francis Bacon
Great riches have sold more men than they have bought.
Francis Bacon
The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall the desire for knowledge in excess caused man to fall but in charity is no excess, neither can man or angels come in danger by it.
Francis Bacon
Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.
Francis Bacon
The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains and it is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse.
Francis Bacon
To say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards Men.
Francis Bacon
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