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.
FRANCIS BACONA little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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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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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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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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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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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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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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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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Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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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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