There Are But Two Tragedies in Life-One is One’s Inability to attain One’s Heart’s Desire-The Other Is To Have It!
FRANCIS BACONHistories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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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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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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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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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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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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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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