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Of Envy Original …THERE be none of the affections which have been noted to fascinate or bewitch, but love and envy. They both have vehement wishes; they frame themselves readily into imaginations and suggestions; and they come easily into the eye, especially upon the presence … Read more
OF AMBITION Ambition is like choler; which is an humor that maketh men active, earnest, full of alacrity, and stirring, if it be not stopped. Explanation …. In medieval times, it was believed that the body has four bodily fluids– blood, phlegm, choler or yellow … Read more
Of Marriage and Single Life by Francis Bacon HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Meaning … A married man has a wife and children, to whose upkeep, … Read more
Of Anger TO SEEK to extinguish anger utterly, is but a bravery of the Stoics. Meaning … Anger is so innate to human nature that to banish it altogether is but an exercise in futility. Only the Stoics, who have absolute mastery over their minds, … Read more
Of Death by Francis Bacon MEN fear death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children, is increased with tales, so is the other. Meaning … Mortals dread death as much as children fear to venture out in … Read more
Of Wisdom for a Man’s Self By Francis Bacon AN ANT is a wise creature for itself, but it is a shrewd thing in an orchard or garden. And certainly men that are great lovers of themselves waste the public. Divide with reason between … Read more
Of Travel by Francis Bacon TRAVEL, in the younger sort, is a part of education, in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country, before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel. Meaning … … Read more
Of Revenge by Francis Bacon Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. Meaning .. The urge to avenge the humiliations, injustices and wrongs heaped on us by others gives us … Read more
Of Adversity IT WAS an high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics), that the good things, which belong to prosperity, are to be wished; but the good things, that belong to adversity, are to be admired. A word about Seneca .. Seneca … Read more
OF FOLLOWERS AND FRIENDS COSTLY followers are not to be liked; lest while a man maketh his train longer, he make his wings shorter. As we live our lives, we come in contact with varied types of people. Some of them develop liking towards you … Read more