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.
FRANCIS BACONIn taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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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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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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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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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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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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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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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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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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