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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

Francis Bacon

There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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Deep Light Philosophy Reflection Way
Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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Friendship Pain Real Wine
Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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Bold Greatness Mad One Liner
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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Beginning Forever Hands Live Melt Moment Stars
For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
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Company Love Philosophy Talk
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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Beginning Deep Doubt End Man Philosophy
The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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Friendship Solitude True
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Deep Hard Speak Truth
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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Man Philosophy Reading Writing
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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Art Deep Job Mystery One Liner
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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Forever Hands Inspirational Live Moment Stars
The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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Deep Greatness People Philosophy Speak Think
I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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Age Man Myself Old Philosophy
If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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Accomplishment Achieve Inspirational
Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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Good Philosophy
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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Age Best Burn Deep Friendship Old Philosophy Trust Wine

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