The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
More Quotes from Francis Bacon:
In things that a man would not be seen in himself, it is a point of cunning to borrow the name of the world as to say, The world says, or There is a speech abroad.Francis Bacon
In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues.
Francis Bacon
If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune for though she is blind, she is not invisible.
Francis Bacon
Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.
Francis Bacon
A man that is young in years may be old in hours, if he has lost no time.
Francis Bacon
Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.
Francis Bacon
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