Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
FRANCIS BACONBooks must follow sciences and not sciences books.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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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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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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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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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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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 a great servant but a bad master.
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