He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
FRANCIS BACONMan prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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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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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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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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