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«Suspicions that the mind, of itself, gathers, are but buzzes; but suspicions that are artificially nourished and put into men's heads by the tales and whisperings of others, have stings.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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artificially, buzz, buzzes, buzzing, tales, whisperings
«The noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men.»
«New nobility is but the act of power, but ancient nobility is the act of time.»
«The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.»
«Set it down to thyself, as well to create good precedents as to follow them.»
«It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth.»
«If any human being earnestly desires to push on to new discoveries instead of just retaining and using the old; to win victories over Nature as a worker rather than over hostile critics as a disputant; to attain, in fact, clear and demonstrative know»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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demonstrative, discoveries, disputant, disputants, earnestly, hostile, push on, retaining
«Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things still; for age will not be defied.»
«It was prettily devised of Aesop, `The fly sat upon the axle-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, What a dust do I raise'.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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Aesop, axle, axles, prettily, The Chariot
«The Trinitarian believes a virgin to be the mother of a son who is her maker.»
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