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Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Francis Bacon?
→ The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
→ In charity there is no excess.
→ I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.
→ Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
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Pick the quote attributed to Francis Bacon.
→ Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.
→ With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it.
→ The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
→ Money is like manure; it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around.
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Select the quotation attributed to Francis Bacon.
→ In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
→ No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
→ Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.
→ Science is but an image of the truth.
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One of these may be attributed to Francis Bacon. Which one?
→ There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
→ All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
→ No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.
→ It is unmistakable madness to live in poverty only to die rich.
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Which one of these belongs to Francis Bacon?
→ All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
→ Consistency is the foundation of virtue.
→ He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
→ Better late than never.
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Can you identify the right quote belonging to Francis Bacon?
→ To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
→ What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.
→ Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
→ The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
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Guess which of these quotes is attributed to Francis Bacon.
→ Treat people as if they are what they ought to be, and you'll help them become what they are capable of being.
→ Natural abilities are like natural plants, they need pruning, by study.
→ If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
→ A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.
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One of the following quotations belongs to Francis Bacon. Which one?
→ Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
→ The universe is wider than our views of it.
→ Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
→ When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Can you guess which one of these belongs to Francis Bacon?
→ A man growing old becomes a child again.
→ If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
→ The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
→ They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
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Try to identify the quote attributed to Francis Bacon.
→ The way up and the way down are one and the same.
→ Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.
→ This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
→ Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.
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Looks like Francis Bacon is the author of one of these.
→ To govern is to serve, not to rule.
→ A talent can be cultivated in tranquility; a character only in the rushing stream of life.
→ A man trusts his ears less than his eyes.
→ This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
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Pick the one quotation belonging to Francis Bacon.
→ The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
→ That Love is all there is, Is all we know of Love.
→ In wine, there's truth.
→ The worst men often give the best advice.
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Which one should be attributed to Francis Bacon?
→ The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
→ In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
→ Every great book is an action, and every great action is a book.
→ Books are ships which pass through the vast sea of time.
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Can you identify which quote belongs to Francis Bacon?
→ The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
→ If you would be well with a great mind, leave him with a favorable impression of you;—if with a little mind, leave him with a favorable opinion of himself.
→ Silence is the virtue of fools.
→ Small habits, well pursued betimes, May reach the dignity of crimes.
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Select the quote belonging to Francis Bacon.
→ Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.
→ Access to power must be confined to those who are not in love with it.
→ We say sound things when we do not strive to say to say extraordinary ones.
→ There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
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