It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
FRANCIS BACONThe remedy is worse than the disease.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.
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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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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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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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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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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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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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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.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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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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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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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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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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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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