There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
FRANCIS BACONWhosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Knowledge itself is power.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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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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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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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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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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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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There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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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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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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