There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
FRANCIS BACONIt is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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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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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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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 job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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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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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
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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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There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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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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