Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
FRANCIS BACONIf we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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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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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
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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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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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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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I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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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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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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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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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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