Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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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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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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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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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
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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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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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