Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
FRANCIS BACONIf a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.
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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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