Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
FRANCIS BACONWhosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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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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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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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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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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