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A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man’s self.
Knowledge is power.
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.
Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.