Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
FRANCIS BACONNature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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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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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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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
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Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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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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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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