Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
FRANCIS BACONHe that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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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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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
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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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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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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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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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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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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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If 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.
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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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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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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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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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