#nat

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#kind #law #man #more #nature

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#commanded #must #obeyed

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#directions #except #experience #forth #give

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#genius #nation #proverbs #spirit #their

The skull is nature's sculpture. ↗

— David Bailey

#sculpture #skull

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for them everything is possible. ↗

— Alexander Chase

#credulous #everything #imaginative #most #people

It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#imaginations #men #often #ruled #said

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#campaign #despotism #during #indispensable #long

I was working in corporate Canada and I was doing all right. But I was burnt out... Long hours, a lot of clients. I just wanted to get away. Track and field was sort of like the elimination thing. I just wanted to go and do something. Exercise my brain and my body and kind of gravitate to that. ↗

— Donovan Bailey

#body #brain #burnt #canada #clients

No beast has ever conquered the earth; and the natural world has never been conquered by muscular force. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#been #conquered #earth #ever #force