Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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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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It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
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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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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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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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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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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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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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