Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
FRANCIS BACONGod 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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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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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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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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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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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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