I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.
FRANCIS BACONThe less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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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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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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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 But Two Tragedies in Life-One is One’s Inability to attain One’s Heart’s Desire-The Other Is To Have It!
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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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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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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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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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