There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
FRANCIS BACONSome books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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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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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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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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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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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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