Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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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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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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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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For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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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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By far the best proof is experience.
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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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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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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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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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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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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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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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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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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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Knowledge itself is power.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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