More from Francis Bacon
Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon 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.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon 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!
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon 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.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Books must follow sciences and not sciences books.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon
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Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
Laura CleggLaura Clegg
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Caught in the crossfire of a silent scream, where one man’s nightmare is another man’s dream.
Bryan AdamsBryan Adams They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.
Bil KeaneBil Keane When all the noise is gone, there is so much to hear, to see, to appreciate. Detoxifying from a past that does not fit now.
Rebekah SterlacciRebekah Sterlacci Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.
Christopher HitchensChristopher Hitchens I waited, quietly listened, cupped my ear to your mouth, but silence echoed grievously in the absence of sound. It was only warm breath and then emptiness.
Hannah PearlHannah Pearl Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it’s yellow.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.
Booker T. WashingtonBooker T. Washington