"There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is gene...
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
~ Francis Bacon ~
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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
More Francis Bacon quotes
"A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
"There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is gene...
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
"REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
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"If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
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"I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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"There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is gene...
"A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
"There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is gene...
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not a sense of humor to console him for what he is.