There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
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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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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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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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