Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
FRANCIS BACONFor friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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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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Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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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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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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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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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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