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Quotation from Essays by Francis Bacon
“As for the passions, and studies of the mind; avoid envy, anxious fears; anger fretting inwards; subtle and knotty inquisitions; joys and exhilarations in excess; sadness not communicated”
Essays, Essay XXX, Of Regiment of Health (1625 text, modernized spelling (Project Gutenberg #575))
Bacon's list of mental states harmful to health, an early modern statement of the passions' effect on the body.
Citation: "As for the passions, and studies of the mind; avoid envy, anxious fears; anger fretting inwards; subtle and knotty inquisitions; joys and exhilarations in excess; sadness not communicated" — Francis Bacon, Essays, Essay XXX, Of Regiment of Health (1625 text, modernized spelling (Project Gutenberg #575)). (id essays-bacon-q12)
Portrait: Portrait of Francis Bacon., Paul van Somer I / Formerly attributed to Frans Pourbus the Younger, Public domain.
