In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
FRANCIS BACONIn order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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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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It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
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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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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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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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By far the best proof is experience.
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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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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
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