In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
FRANCIS BACONChampagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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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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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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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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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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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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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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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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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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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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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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A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
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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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