A Quote by Francis Bacon

Suspicions that the mind, of itself, gathers, are but buzzes; but suspicions that are artificially nourished and put into men's heads by the tales and whisperings of others, have stings.

Francis Bacon

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Heads Itself Men Mind Others Put Tales

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Francis Bacon
English - Philosopher
January 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626

I live in a country where, at least by my sense of arithmetic and justice, Al Gore should have been president, not George W. Bush. To this day, John Kerry probably thinks he won Ohio in 2004 because he had suspicions about the vote in Ohio. And, by the way, Richard Nixon had suspicions in 1960 about the vote in Chicago when he lost to JFK.

David Remnick

There are cases in which a man would be ashamed not to have been imposed upon. There is a confidence necessary to human intercourse, and without which men are often more injured by their own suspicions than they would be by the perfidy of others.

Edmund Burke

Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.

Franklin P. Adams

All over the world, particularly in the newer nations, young men are coming to power--men who are not bound by the traditions of the past--men who are not blinded by the old fears and hates and rivalries-- young men who can cast off the old slogans and delusions and suspicions.

John F. Kennedy

A hundred suspicions don't make a proof.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

I don't believe anything, but I have many suspicions.

Robert Anton Wilson

Disagreeable suspicions are usually the fruits of a second marriage.

Jean Racine

Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.

Abraham Lincoln

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

Wilson Mizner

A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions.

Wilson Mizner

There is nothing so difficult to describe as happiness. Whether some feeling of envy enters into the mind upon hearing of it, or whether it is so calm, so unassuming, so little ostentatious in itself, that words give an imperfect idea of it, I know not. It is easier to enjoy it, than define it. ... and is oftener found at home, when home has not been embittered by dissensions, suspicions and guilt, than any where else upon earth. Yes, it is in home and in those who watch there for us.

Lady Caroline Lamb

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not keep their suspicions in smother.

Francis Bacon

Let us hear the suspicions. I will look after the proofs.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Consider, for example, and you will find that almost all the transactions in the time of Vespasian differed little from those of the present day. You there find marrying and giving in marriage, educating children, sickness, death, war, joyous holidays, traffic, agriculture, flatterers, insolent pride, suspicions, laying of plots, longing for the death of others, newsmongers, lovers, misers, men canvassing far the consulship and for the kingdom; yet all these passed away, and are nowhere.