They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
FRANCIS BACON
The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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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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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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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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Books must follow sciences and not sciences books.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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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!
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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 we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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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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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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