There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
FRANCIS BACONKnowledge itself is power.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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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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A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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There Are But Two Tragedies in Life-One is One’s Inability to attain One’s Heart’s Desire-The Other Is To Have It!
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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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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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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