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Francis Bacon

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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Hide Nature Overcome
Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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Command Nature One Liner
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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Deep Evil Himself Innovation Philosophy Time
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Deep Hard Speak Truth
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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Art Deep Job Mystery One Liner
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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Beginning Deep Doubt End Man Philosophy
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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Forever Hands Inspirational Live Moment Stars
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
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Deep Imagination Man Philosophy
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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God Philosophy Solitude
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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Moment Value Writing
Knowledge itself is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power Strength
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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History Man Mathematics Nature Philosophy Poet Wise
The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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Friendship Solitude True
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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Believe Philosophy Reading Talk
If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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Accomplishment Achieve Inspirational
A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
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Deep Lost Man Old Philosophy Time Young

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