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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon 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 BaconFrancis Bacon It is impossible to love and be wise.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon 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.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon 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!
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.
Alexander The GreatAlexander The Great For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
Thomas AquinasThomas Aquinas Love follows knowledge.
Thomas AquinasThomas Aquinas Knowledge wins over ignorance. What about being happy? You naturally see what’s wrong first than to appreciate good things.
Ankur SinghAnkur Singh Ultimately you want to have the entire world’s knowledge connected directly to your mind.
Sergey BrinSergey Brin Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
PlatoPlato No, our science is no illusion. But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsewhere.
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