The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
FRANCIS BACONNature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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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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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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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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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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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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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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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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