In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
FRANCIS BACONThe less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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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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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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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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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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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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For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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