Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
FRANCIS BACONImagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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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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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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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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