In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
FRANCIS BACONThey are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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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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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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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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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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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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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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A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
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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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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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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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