A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
FRANCIS BACONThe less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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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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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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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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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.
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Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
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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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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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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 monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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