There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
FRANCIS BACONRead not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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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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By far the best proof is experience.
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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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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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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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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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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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