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 BACON
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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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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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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Books must follow sciences and not sciences books.
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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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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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By far the best proof is experience.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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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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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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