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When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.


Francis Bacon

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ALYSON NOEL A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than hi...
RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than hi...
RICHARD M. NIXON I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.
MARK TWAIN I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened.
MARK TWAIN All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either upon an art, or upon a man. - ...
FRANCIS BACON I think that was very important to Bacon... personally. I think he went to great efforts to get a ho...
MARK RYLANCE He never loses his head. He never loses his composure.
GREG MOODY A great man even when dead,his name will continue to elicit greatness for generations to come.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The light of a great man shines for generations to come.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Who is a great man? A great man is a person whom people are dying to write books about.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) But I account the use that a man should seek of the publishing of his own writings before his death...
FRANCIS BACON When their lordships asked Bacon how many bribes he had taken he had at least the grace to get very ...
EDMUND BENTLEY Like a deep sad note
played beneath the ocean
waving through the orb
the memories of ...
PAWAN MISHRA A wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool, only when he has need of them.
TURKISH PROVERB If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER He was a man of unusual talents and had great friends and was benefactor to many worthy causes. He p...
CARL SANDERS Though man a thinking being is defined, Few use the grand prerogative of mind. How few think justly ...
JANE TAYLOR You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ...
C. JOYBELL C. If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are al...
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are al...
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE The Doktor was an old man. When he was a kid, his Dad bought him a chemistry set. He never played wi...
CHRISTINA ENGELA A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.
PAUL VALERY As a man handles his troubles during the day, so he goes to bed at night a General, Captain, or Priv...
EDWARD W. HOWE As a man handles his troubles during the day, so he goes to bed at night a General, Captain, or Priv...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE A true friend laughs at your stories even when they're not so good, and sympathizes with your troubl...
PROVERB He that sells upon trust, loses many friends, and always wants money
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN You can judge a man by what he laughs at.
SOURCE UNKNOWN The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and t...
LORD CHESTERFIELD A man of guilt acknowledges and changes himself immediately on being hinted slightly about his fault...
ANUJ SOMANY The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times h...
BERTRAND RUSSELL The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times h...
BERTRAND RUSSELL Every man is important is he loses his life; and every man is funny if he loses his hat and has to r...
G. K. CHESTERTON A man can never have too many friends.
ROBERT FERRIGNO I always say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is my biggest influence. But for painters, I like many, many...
DAVID LYNCH When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
JAPANESE PROVERB Ladies, never underestimate the value of thanking any man for being a "true gentleman," when he open...
REBEKAH CYPHERS The measure of a man is what he does with power.
PLATO Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance wit...
OSCAR WILDE When a person loses his goal, he comes under the control of evil
SUNDAY ADELAJA A bitter man needs to place his troubles on the front of his tongue so that they taste sweeter.
JAY WICKRE He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage lose...
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage lose...
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA We can forgive a man the defects of his qualities, if only he has the qualities of his defects
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES He thinks with regret of the great days when he could at harvest time at least go down into Hungary ...
DOUGLAS REED A good cricketer never loses his nerve.
He just bats on!
ANTHONY T.HINCKS So many avenues he's paved for us. He was a man about getting things done for people. It's a great l...
EDDIE SHANNON Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces.
DAVID LYNCH We are devastated by his loss, but extremely proud of his courage and bravery. He was a selfless you...
JACK COLLINS If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.
ALBERT SCHWEITZER A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifice...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices...
WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM When I criticize Joseph Beuys or Francis Bacon, nobody calls those opinions anti-male. Putting femal...
JERRY SALTZ As many of Andrew's friends grieve over his loss, this represents a way that he can be remembered an...
DAVID MULLALY Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Burleigh, absolutely; and a lot about Elizabeth. I mean I found when I play Henry V a lot of connect...
MARK RYLANCE A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.
FRANCOIS MITTERRAND Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after four kisses
HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN A man loses his fortune; he gains earnestness. His eyesight goes; it leads him to a spirituality. Th...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE SR. What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul.
JESUS CHRIST Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
NORMAN DOUGLAS Marlena's body was found on November 19, and so I consider that the anniversary of her death, though...
JULIE BUNTIN A man with a grain of faith in God never loses hope, because he ever believes in the ultimate triump...
MAHATMA GANDHI Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.
YIDDISH PROVERB Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys
JEWISH PROVERB I just want silence... nothing less... nothing more.
DEYTH BANGER When a leader is too temperamental in a case he faults his judgment and loses the confidence of his ...
ETC WANYANWU A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself. [Ger., Des Spass verliert Alles, wenn der S...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
HENRY BRINKLOW You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
HENRY JAMES When a man plans, a woman laughs.
DAVID WONG To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pr...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations; yet whe...
CHANAKYA What doth it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?
BIBLE What doth it profit a man if he gains the who world and loses his own soul?
BIBLE What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?
ROBERT FULGHUM Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for the plays of W. Shakespeare, but al...
JOHN HEYWOOD I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for the plays of W. Shakespeare, but all...
BILL HIRST He was a great guy and full of laughs and great spirit,
COLIN MCRAE The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught.
LORD KELVIN When the superior scholar hears of Tao, he diligently practises it. When the average scholar hears o...
LAO-TZU To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail our pri...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pr...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pr...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON It is impossible to love and to be wise.
FRANCIS BACON SR. One is worthy as a son when he removes all his father’s troubles.
DADA BHAGWAN Many ordinary treasures may be denied the man who has God, or if he is allowed to have them, the enj...
A. W. TOZER We've lost some of our family, and when anyone loses a member of their family it's not something tha...
CURTIS HILL If a man can judge success by how many great friends he has, then I have been very successful -- Joh...
JOHNNY RAMONE Any man who laughs at women's clothes has never paid the bill for them.
UNKNOWN One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...
OSCAR WILDE It's not name dropping, but not many people can say, like me, that they spent the day with the l...
JEFFREY BERNARD What will it profit a man if he gains his cause and silences his adversary—if at the same time he ...
JOHN NEWTON The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times h...
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FRANCIS BACON The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
FRANCIS BACON A good conscience is a continual feast.
FRANCIS BACON The wisdom of our ancestors.
FRANCIS BACON Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
FRANCIS BACON Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed op...
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