The remedy is worse than the disease.
FRANCIS BACONNature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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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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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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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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A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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