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A bad man is worse when he pretends to be a saint. - [Hypocrisy] A gamester, the greater master he is in his art, the worse man he is. - [Gambling] "A good name is like precious ointment"; it filleth all round about, and will not easily away; for the odors of ointments are more durable than those of flowers. - [Reputation] A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation. - [Grace] A just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war. - [War] A liar is a bravo towards God and a coward towards men. - [Lying] A man dies as often as he loses his friends. - [Friends] A man finds himself seven years older the day after his marriage. - [Matrimony] A man shall see, where there is a house full of children, one or two of the eldest restricted, and the youngest ruined by indulgence; but in the midst, some that are, as it were, forgotten, who many times, nevertheless, prove the best. - [Childhood : Children] A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others; for men's minds will either feed upon their own good or upon others' evil; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other. - [Virtue] A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others; for men's minds will either feed upon their own good or upon others' evil; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other. - [Envy] A man that is young in years may be old in hours, if he have lost no time; but that happeneth rarely. Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second; for there is a youth in thoughts as well as in ages; and yet the invention of young men is more lively than that of old, and imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely. - [Youth] A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. - [Revenge] A man would die, though he were neither valiant nor miserable, only upon a weariness to do the same thing so often over and over again. - [Tediousness] A man would do well to carry a pencil in his pocket, and write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable, and should be secured, because they seldom return. - [Thought] A man's nature is best perceived in privateness, for there is no affectation; in passion, for that putteth a man out of his precepts; and in a new case or experiment, for there custom leaveth him. - [Human Nature] A pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation. - [Grace] A prudent question is one half of wisdom. - [Questions] A steady hand in military affairs is more requisite than in peace, because an error committed in war may prove irremediable. - [War] A sudden, bold, and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. - [Questions] A trust is an obligation of conscience of one to the will of another. - [Legal Maxims] A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. - [Opportunity : Proverbs] Alchemy may be compared to the man who told his sons he had left the gold buried somewhere in his vineyard; where they by digging found no gold, but by turning up the mould, about the roots of their vines, procured a plentiful vintage. So the search and endeavors to make gold have brought many useful inventions and instructive experiments to light. - [Alchemy] All rising to a great place is by a winding stair. - [Progress] All the crimes on earth do not destroy so many of the human race, nor alienate so much property, as drunkenness. - [Intemperance] Displaying page 1 of 15 for this author: Next >> [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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