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 BACONThe less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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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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Knowledge itself is power.
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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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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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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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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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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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For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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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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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
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