The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
FRANCIS BACONBegin 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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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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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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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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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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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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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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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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