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He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other. Francis Bacon
Good Example Advice Down Other Bad Bad Example Gives Both Counsel He Builds Hand Good Advice
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. Francis Bacon
Man Will Shall He Content End Begin Doubts Certainties
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. Francis Bacon
Men Superstition Observe Misses Hits Root Thing
Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon. Francis Bacon
Man Revenge Enemy Superior Pardon He Part Taking Over Prince Passing His Certainly Even
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Francis Bacon
Great Wife Virtue Enterprises Hath Given Impediment Mischief Hostages He Children Either Fortune
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate. Francis Bacon
Together Light Sky Men Seen Giving Stars Virtues Way Asunder Scarce Rather Small Faculties Like Make Which Little Customs Fortunate Fortune Number
For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication. Friedrich Nietzsche
Art Intoxication Indispensable Physiological Sort Aesthetic Exist Any Certain Activity
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. Friedrich Nietzsche
Book Ambition Others Say Ten Sentences Whole
Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated. Friedrich Nietzsche
Blame Power Judgment Our Later More Only Over Underestimated Praise Praised Causes Undeserved Than Being Reason Exposed Conscience
It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms. Friedrich Nietzsche
Few Nothing Worms Says Spirit Against
Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend. Friedrich Nietzsche
Friendship Suffering Joy Our Someone Over Makes Friend Rejoicing
People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights. Friedrich Nietzsche
Confidence Rights People Gift Believe Complete Ours Given False Inference Us Who Right
Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob. Friedrich Nietzsche
God Man Once Spirit Became Becoming Mob Then Even Now
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings. Friedrich Nietzsche
Shared Joys Make Friend Sufferings
What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame. Friedrich Nietzsche
You Humane Someone Shame Most Regard Spare
Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises. Friedrich Nietzsche
Despises Respects Himself Nonetheless Who Whoever
When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one. Friedrich Nietzsche
Together Mind Men Hundred Another Loses His Gets Them Stand Each
Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them. Women are not even shallow. Friedrich Nietzsche
Women Considered Shallow Never Bottom Because Discover Women Are Any Them Deep Even Why
We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Knowledge Matters Shoes Our Know Fit Any Just Interest Little Acquire Professionals Universal Need
World history is a court of judgment. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
History World Judgment Court World History
If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest. George Gurdjieff
Faith You Lose Priest Make Friends Want Your
Sanity is madness put to good use. George Santayana
Good Madness Put Use Sanity
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman. George Santayana
Positive War Quality Dangerous Crime Soldier Statesman Delight Merit Captain
The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape. George Santayana
See About Something Miser Drunkard Terrible Altogether Irrational Human Maniac Ape Repulsive
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. George Santayana
You Aim Consists Effort Forgotten Fanaticism Your
That one plant should be sown and another be produced cannot happen; whatever seed is sown, a plant of that kind even comes forth. Guru Nanak
Plant Whatever Kind Seed Another Sown Happen Cannot Forth Produced Should Even
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