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The place of justice is a hallowed place.
Francis Bacon
Justice
There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.
Francis Bacon
Man
Nothing
The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
Francis Bacon
Genius
Nation
Spirit
Wit
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Francis Bacon
Life
Knowledge
Action
End
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
Francis Bacon
Artist
Job
Mystery
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
Francis Bacon
Parents
The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
Francis Bacon
Art
Life
Soul
Winning
Evil
The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Francis Bacon
Job
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.
Francis Bacon
Friend
Difference
Man
Self
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
Francis Bacon
Men
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Francis Bacon
Virtue
Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
Francis Bacon
Time
Daughter
Truth
Authority
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
Francis Bacon
Truth
Fiction
Needs
Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.
Francis Bacon
Truth
Error
Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.
Francis Bacon
Truth
Confusion
Error