Only the Greatest and the Best Quotes from Francis Bacon



Quote : "For he that cannot possibly mend his own case' will do what he can' to impair another's."

Quote : "Persons of worth and merit are most envied' when their fortune continueth long."

Quote : "Persons of noble blood' are less envied in their rising. For it seemeth but right done to their birth."

Quote : "Those that are advanced by degrees' are less envied than those that are advanced suddenly."

Quote : "For nothing increaseth envy more' than an unnecessary and ambitious engrossing of business."

Quote : "Those are most subject to envy' which carry the greatness of their fortunes' in an insolent and proud manner; being never well' but while they are showing how great they are' either by outward pomp' or by triumphing over all opposition or competition."

Quote : "The act of envy had somewhat in it of witchcraft' so there is no other cure of envy' but the cure of witchcraft; and that is' to remove the lot (as they call it) and to lay it upon another."

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