It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
FRANCIS BACONWrite down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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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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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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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 are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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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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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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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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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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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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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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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 order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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