God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.
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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
goodness, as the Christian religion dot... FRANCIS BACON But no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage
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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 Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for
execution than for counsel; and fitter for... FRANCIS BACON Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress. FRANCIS BACON 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 So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
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of kin to the beasts by his body;... FRANCIS BACON Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and soli... FRANCIS BACON The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the
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FRANCIS BACON Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few
to be chewed and digested. FRANCIS BACON Boldness is a child of ignorance. FRANCIS BACON Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament;
Adversity is the blessing of the New. FRANCIS BACON All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either
upon an art, or upon a man.
- ... FRANCIS BACON The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span:
In his conception wretched, from the w... FRANCIS BACON