Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
FRANCIS BACONChampagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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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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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 is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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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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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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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 job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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