Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
FRANCIS BACONNature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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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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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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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 is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
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