Silence is the virtue of fools.
FRANCIS BACONHistories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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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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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
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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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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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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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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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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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