Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
FRANCIS BACONThey are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
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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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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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