The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
FRANCIS BACONThe worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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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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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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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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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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A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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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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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
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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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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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