It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
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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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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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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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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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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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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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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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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