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 BACONIf we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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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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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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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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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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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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