Famous quotes

Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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La felicidad de los grandes consiste no en sentirse felices, sino en comprender cuan felices piensan otros que han de ser ellos.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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It's very difficult to make politics and morality compatible.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The most honorable role in a conversation belongs to the one who gives occasion to it, and then to the one who directs it and makes it move from one topic to another, for thus one leads the dance.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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When danger seems light, it ceases to be light.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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I have preferred to study books rather than men.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Choosing one's own time is gaining time.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Discretion is a virtue, without which the others cease to be so.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The time is the measure of business, just as money is the measure of goods.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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A young person in years can be old in hours, if they have not wasted time.