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“The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.”

Francis Bacon · Men

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Francis Bacon

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

Death

Francis Bacon

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.

Good

Francis Bacon

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.

God

Francis Bacon

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

Nature