A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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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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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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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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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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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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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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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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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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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
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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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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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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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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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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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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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