Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
FRANCIS BACONBy far the best proof is experience.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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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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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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