Money is a great servant but a bad master.
FRANCIS BACONMan prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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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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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
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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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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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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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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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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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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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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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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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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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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
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