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Quote of Francis Bacon - Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome...


Biography - Francis Bacon:

English philosopher and statesman.
Born: 1561 - Died: 1626
Period:
17th century
16th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.



Translation

Translation

(French)



French
Souvent la nature se tient cachée, quelquefois elle est vaincue, mais rarement on peut la détruire.




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Nature is wont to hide herself.

Nature hides her secret because of her essential loftiness, but not by means of ruse.




Quotes for: nature


Quotes

Quotes about nature:


Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see.





Truly, art is embedded in nature; he who can extract it, has it.





Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.





Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.





Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.





Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.











Quotes for: to hide


Quotes

Quotes for: to hide


Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





Hide your life and spread your spirit.





There is no disguise which can long hide love where it exists, nor feign it where it does not.





There are certain things that we hide in order to reveal them.





Men differ by what they show, and have in common what they hide.





All of us harbour in ourselves hidden gardens and plantations;











Quotes

Francis Bacon also said...


A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.





Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.





Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.





Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy.





If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.





Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.












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