Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
FRANCIS BACONIf 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 a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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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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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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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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