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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

Francis Bacon

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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Beginning Forever Hands Live Melt Moment Stars
A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
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Deep Lost Man Old Philosophy Time Young
The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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Interest People Sex
Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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Friendship Pain Real Wine
For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
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Book Deep Friendship Good True
Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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Good Philosophy
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
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Deep Discover Land Philosophy Sea Think
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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Book Science
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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Deep Die Fate Philosophy Sad
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.
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Beginning Deep Doubt End Man Philosophy
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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Art Deep Job Mystery One Liner
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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God Philosophy Solitude
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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Age Best Burn Deep Friendship Old Philosophy Trust Wine
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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Deep Lost Philosophy Success Try
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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Deep Imagination Man Philosophy
If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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Accomplishment Achieve Inspirational

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

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