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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.

Francis Bacon

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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History Man Mathematics Nature Philosophy Poet Wise
To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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Deep Fear Limit One Liner Suffering
For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
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Company Love Philosophy Talk
The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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One Liner Power Survive
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!
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Desire Heart Life Philosophy Tragedy
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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Deep Evil Himself Innovation Philosophy Time
A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
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Deep Lost Man Old Philosophy Time Young
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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Moment Value Writing
If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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Master One Liner Servant
Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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Book Eat Taste
A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
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Atheist Deep Man Mind Philosophy Religion
Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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Command Nature One Liner
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake.
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Beginning Forever Hands Live Melt Moment Stars
Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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One Liner Time Truth
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Deep Hard Speak Truth
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
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Believe Philosophy Reading Talk

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