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.
FRANCIS BACONThe remedy is worse than the disease.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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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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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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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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Knowledge itself is power.
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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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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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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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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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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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