"We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do." ― Francis Bacon Topic(s): Men Tags: beholden More From Francis Bacon "When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative." "Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out." "God’s first creature, which was light." More In Men "I want my life to effect the balance to the positive."― Mira Sorvino "Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?"― Jean Giraudoux "Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of."― Jonathan Swift