In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
FRANCIS BACONThe less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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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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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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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 worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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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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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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A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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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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By far the best proof is experience.
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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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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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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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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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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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