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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public... He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when a man should marry—"A young man not yet, an elder man not at all."

Of Marriage and Single Life, 1625

Was born on: 22.01.1561
About Author: English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist and author
Photo Source: National Portrait Gallery, London

Change

It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than one.

Pearls of wisdom

Histories make men wise; poetry, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

Digesting books

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

Of Studies, 1625

Young men and men of age

Young men are fitter to invent, than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and fitter for new projects than for settled business...Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

Of Youth and Age, 1625

Observation

The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other.

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