A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
FRANCIS BACONWhosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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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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For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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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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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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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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There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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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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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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