Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and an be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.
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And recollection
I often think of
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mother.
[Lat., Religio peperit divit... FRANCIS BACON The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the
vicissitude of sects and religions. FRANCIS BACON There was never law, or set, or opinion did so much magnify
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And save them by the barrel-load.
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where the small flies were caught,... FRANCIS BACON We cannot command nature except by obeying her. FRANCIS BACON Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the... FRANCIS BACON We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity. POPE FRANCIS Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation. and honor the reward of action. FRANCIS QUARLES Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for
execution than for counsel; and fitter for... FRANCIS BACON Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot de... FRANCIS QUARLES Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress. FRANCIS BACON Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. FRANCIS QUARLES That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end. FRANCIS QUARLES The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving... FRANCIS QUARLES God invented concubinage, Satan marriage. FRANCIS PICABIA To say that you can kill in the name of God is blasphemy. POPE FRANCIS For knowledge, too, is itself a power.
[Lat., Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.] FRANCIS BACON Knowledge bloweth up, but charity buildeth up. FRANCIS BACON Knowledge and human power are synonymous, since the ignorance of
the cause frustrates the effect. FRANCIS BACON For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is
an impression of pleasure in itsel... FRANCIS BACON If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us. FRANCIS BACON Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men.. FRANCIS PICABIA The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. FRANCIS HUTCHESON Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is ha... QUARLES FRANCIS So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virg... FRANCIS BACON States are great engines moving slowly. FRANCIS BACON They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is
of kin to the beasts by his body;... FRANCIS BACON All beliefs are bald ideas. FRANCIS PICABIA Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and soli... FRANCIS BACON Education is too important to be left solely to the educators. FRANCIS KEPPEL